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Symposium,” organized by the Fort Plain Museum at Fulton-Montgomery Community College. But G. Peter Jemison, manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site, near Canandaigua, had another take: George Washington – “he was a racist; he owned slaves” – should be tried for war crimes. He recounted several episodes to underscore his point, ending up with Iroquois Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal refugees who fled to Plesae See FORUM, B5 G. Peter Jemison
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s the City of Oneonta has demonstrated, moving to a city manager – or county manager, the issue of the day – can be “fraught.” (That’s the word of the day – or year – all of a sudden, every reporter is finding every situation “fraught,” filled with possibilities for undesirable outcomes. It’s the “Where’s the Beef?” of 2019.) Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Otsego County Board of Representatives, after almost two years of study, was scheduled to vote on a job description and resolution to create the job. The resolution would set a public hearing for the next meeting, Dec. 4, and at that point the county reps could vote.
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Oneonta City Manager George Korthauer had long experience as a city manager in Michigan, and was brought in to stabilize the office after his two predecessors were fired. Cooperstown’s first village administrator Teri Barown had years of experience as village clerk, and her promotion was seamless.
Before then, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Mount Vision, who has championed the effort as chair of both key committees, Intergovern-
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Humans Beings Are Our Greatest Hazard And Our Only Hope. To the Editor: On Dec. 10, 1962, John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockbholm, Sweden. The text appears below. His acceptance speech eloquently focused on a single concern that is still with us today and, some believe, even more critical now. MICHAEL WHALING Sharon Spring • umanity has been weakness. He knew that passing through a the understanding and the gray and resolution of fear desolate time of are a large part confusion. My of the writer’s great predecesreason for being. sor, William This is not Faulkner, speaknew. The ancient ing here, referred commission of to it as a tragedy the writer has not of universal fear changed. He is so long sustained charged with exthat there were posing our many no longer probgrievous faults lems of the spirit, and failures, with so that only the dredging up to human heart in John Steinbeck the light our dark receives the Nobel and dangerous conflict with Prize in 1962. itself seemed dreams for the worth writing about. purpose of improvement. Faulkner, more than most Furthermore, the writer is men, was aware of human delegated to declare and to Please See NOBEL, A6 strength as well as of human
mental Affairs and Administration, said two public information meetings will brief citizens on the innovation and allow discussion and input.
The county board chair, David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, supports creating the county-manager job, but said he
wants to make sure the job description is non-specific enough to give the county reps a big enough talent pool and flexibility in picking the right person. • As it happens, two local examples exist that allow lessons to be drawn. In Oneonta, the city Charter Revision Commission that met in 2009-10 was determined to prevent the hiring of a “good ol’ boy” from the local power structure for the job. So the job description specifically requires an MPA – a master’s in public administration – which narrowed the talent pool, and may have contributed to the failure of the first two city managers, before the position was stabilized under George Korthauer, a veteran administrator from Petoskey, Mich., who’s been able to pretty much Please See EDITORIAL, A5
WHO MIGHT BE COUNTY MANAGER? Requirements For Job Broad, Giving County Reps Large Pool Of Potential Candidates
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years of professional experience in the field of public or business administration. 3. The appointee need not be a resident of Otsego County at the time of appointment but shall become so within sixty days of the date of appointment and remain so during his or her term of office. Failure to become a resident or to remain a resident shall be cause for dismissal by the Otsego County Board of Representatives. 4. The Board of Representatives shall appoint on the basis of these qualifications and on the basis of additional qualifications that the Board of Representatives may establish from time to time.
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’ve been on the porch this afternoon, enjoying one of the last days of sitting out there. A windy Halloween’s just past, and Delaware Street is full of fresh-fallen leaves spinning in whirlwind gusts of chill air from the northwest. Above me are repeated flights of honking geese, hell bent for the South and warmer climes. My right leg’s propped on a second chair. Right foot and calf are still encased in a heavy leather JIM boot fastened shut with a halfATWELL dozen Velcro straps. That leg, now 81, has had a history of mishaps that eclipses the sum of those that have smote all the rest of me. Not counting the number of times that right ankle has been twisted, topped by a
killer sprain incurred in a Fly Creek volleyball game. And the right femur got its turn when a heifer kicked sideways and knocked me clear across the barn. That broken bone had me laid up for weeks on the sofa, and that inactivity nearly cost me my gall bladder. Inaction, you see, caused agonizing adhesions in my back – every drawn breath felt like a dagger’s stab. At the emergency room, a brand-new resident with more zeal than experience decided that I had a diseased gall bladder and lined me up for next-morning surgery. Thank goodness, he was reined in by an older doctor who ambled into the ER, glanced at my X-rays, and sent the resident The right leg – not to the showers. Jim’s – per Leonardo Please See ATWELL, A6 da Vinci.
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The Editor of the Catskill Recorder, in speaking of the late Agricultural exhibition in this county, commends our citizens for having taken the lead in a march so important to the interests of the state, and says, “the President’s address, the report of the viewing committee, and “The Epitome of Agriculture,” were well-worthy the occasion, as the occasion was well-worthy of them.” He also compliments us upon the improved appearance of this paper, and hopes, that “although we may differ politically, yet in all measures for the advancement of the general interests of society, we may be allied.” To this we respond Amen. The post occupied by the editor of a public journal, is at all times important, and more particularly so, when the public mind seems fitted to judge candidly and impartially upon subjects intimately connected with the prosperity and happiness of the country. It shall always be our study to render as much service as lies in our power, to aid the cause of virtue and support the government which protects our life, liberty and property. And, we are not at all apprehensive, in discharging this duty, that we shall war with an editor so intelligent and respectable as Mr. Croswell, whose paper not only exhibits judgment and a refined taste, but very considerable talent. November 8, 1819
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Election Results – Otsego County: Democratic Majorities – Burlington, 140; Butternuts, 9; Exeter, 25; Edmeston, 52; Hartwick, 22; Laurens, 20; Milford, 50; Maryland, 42; Middlefield, 142; New Lisbon, 152; Oneonta, 138; Otego, 29; Otsego, 175; Pittsfield, 57; Plainfield, 31; Springfield, 86; Unadilla, 210; Westford, 2; Worcester, 42. Total: 1,494 less 172 gives Polk’s overall majority: 1,322, a gain of 508 on the vote of 1840, the majority then being 724. Otsego has done her part in pushing the column to Victory! November 11, 1844
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Thanksgiving Hospital – Second Annual Report (Excerpted): At the close of last year’s report, the hope was expressed that the year 1869 would not pass without an effort being made to pay off at least a small portion of the mortgage; also that the beginning of an endowment fund should be made, were it only a very small sum. These hopes have been more than fulfilled. The entire mortgage of $1,554 with interest to the amount of $146.68, has been paid. The beginning of an endowment fund amounting to $2,050, has also been made. Improvements on the house and grounds to the amount of $506 have been completed. A dumb-waiter, very ingenious in its contrivance, has been introduced,
G. Bursey therefore is making an appeal to former high school players to turn in their old shoes to the team and thereby aid the cause. November 8, 1944
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The cornerstone of Otsego County’s new office building will be laid Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Supervisor Guy E. Rathbun of Morris, chairman of the Otsego County Building Committee announced plans for the dedication and cornerstone laying ceremony at the final session of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors goes out of business December 31 as Otsego County’s legislative body. The following day, the 27-member Board will be replaced by a 14-member Board of Representatives elected a week ago. Eight of the 27 members of the Board of Supervisors, seven Republicans and one Democrat, were named to the new Board of Representatives. November 12, 1969 November 8, 1894 passing upward from the basement to the third floor. Apple trees, plum trees, pear trees, currant and raspberry buses have been set out. A neat plank walk has been laid from the porch to the street. November 5, 1869
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An enthusiastic meeting of forty or more service men and women was held on Friday night of last week in the Village Club, for the purpose of officially forming the Cooperstown Post of the American Legion, composed entirely of men and women who served the United States in an active capacity during the World War. Dr. George W. Augustin, Otsego County Chairman of the Legion, and representative of the Oneonta Post, together with Dr. F.J. McMenamin, also of Oneonta, addressed the gathering and pointed out the importance of former soldiers and sailors sticking together in the years to come. One important result of this might be, he said, the granting of an additional bonus for servicemen by Congress, which would amount in some instances to about $200 depending on length of service. He was loudly cheered. November 12, 1919
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In Cooperstown: The Cooperstown Central School basketball squad is hampered by a lack of playing shoes, which cannot be obtained because of a war shortage. Coach Lester
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Losing a game in the last seconds is always tough. But, if you are a senior, and it’s your last game, it may seem even tougher. Those were the circumstances that the Cooperstown football team, with 15 seniors, dealt with on Saturday afternoon when they lost to host Oriskany 22 to 16 on a 20-yard touchdown pass with nine seconds left in the game. Seniors playing their last game for Cooperstown were Howard Graham, Buddy Lippitt, Mason Sanford, Chris Wells, Fred Koffer, Brian Ough, Tavish Rathbone, Frank Wilsey, Brad Ainslie, Roger Bennett, Dakin Campbell, Josh Maher, Roger Sprague, Jim Clyne and Sean Hill. November 2, 1994
10 YEARS AGO
Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray was honored with receipt of the 2009 Patrick C. Fetterman Award for service to youth from Jane Forbes Clark, President of the Clark Foundation at a luncheon at the Otesaga Hotel on November 2. Wedderspoon-Gray is Aquatics Director at the Clark Sports Center. Christopher Talevi, Roanoke, Virginia, grandson of Vera and Bruno Talevi, Cooperstown, has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Christopher raised $2,500 to build a 10 by 12 foot shed for his city’s recreation department. It took 400 man-hours. Christopher’s father Steven Talevi and his uncle Robert Talevi are also Eagle Scouts. Bassett Hospital’s Hartwick Clinic for dermatology, pain management, plastic surgery and advanced skincare opened October 19 in a low-slung building on Route 28 that originally served as home to the Corvette Hall of Fame. November 6, 2009
EDITORIAL: Professionalize, But Keep Democracy Close To Citizens EDITORIAL/From A4 avoid controversy in his two years on the job. It’s been argued the MPA provision prevented executives like Joe Forgiano, then-retiring executive vice president at MeadWestvaco, Sidney, from being considered. (It’s unclear if he was ever asked if he was interested.) But you can think of other eminent Oneontans, people like retired SUNY Oneonta president Alan Donovan or former mayor John Nader, who, lacking an MPA, might have stepped in nonetheless and performed superbly. Then there’s Village of Cooperstown, where Teri Barown was seamlessly promoted from village clerk, and has been effectively operating since with nary a ripple. The village administrator position had been created in the 1990s, but never filled. And in September 2016, recognizing more dayto-day oversight was required with downtown projects multiplying, Mayor Jeff Katz and the trustees simply promoted her. It’s worked out great, (plus the village saved some money). Barown knew the trustees, knew what they wanted and what they would resist. She is knowledgeable, diplomatic, with a fine-tuned sense of customer service. No problemo – not a one. • With such lessons to draw on,
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Chairman Bliss brings a commonsense outlook to the county manager job description. Crafted with the help of NYSAC, the state Association of Counties, it’s not surprising the MPA provision is included, and others as well. That’s the sea NYSAC swims in. But a range of work experience combined with a range of credentials appears to tilt toward the Cooperstown model rather than the Oneonta one. That’s good, because too much narrow-gauged professionalism can also, little by little, squeeze out democracy. School superintendents are a case in point: For instance, every school board resolution begins with “on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools,” as if boards of education can do nothing that their hired manager doesn’t suggest or endorse. Given the requirement that superintendents implement ever more precise and far-ranging law and regulation, even they lack much leeway in determining what local schools teach and how. And remember, 30 years ago,
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County board Chairman David Bliss and Rep. Meg Kennedy have brought creation of a county manager position almost to the finish line.
when voters could reject school budgets and spending would actually be cut. Today, schools are required to provide so much of what goes on in schools, local boards of education can only cut things like the basketball team, which nobody wants. You don’t need to go to Washington D.C. to find Donald Trump’s “deep state.” It’s alive and well at 89 Washington St., Albany, the state Department of Education, and in every school district in the state. Also to watch for: Oneonta’s city manager system – to give him credit, Korthauer’s professional, low-key approach has settled things down – seems to have sapped Common Council’s motivation; committee meetings are routinely cancelled due to
lack of a quorum, and it’s been months since any Council member has proposed a notable initiative. (Maybe the new cadre elected Tuesday, Nov. 5, will change that.) • The advantage of the existing county board is that it’s close to the people, and responsive … although not always as efficient as it might be. It’s that inefficiency – Vice Chairman Gary Koutnik, DOneonta, mentioned expensive change orders on county jail renovations that keep surprising the county reps. A county manager, presumably, would put a better chain of command in place. Kennedy, who is learning about statewide networking after recently joining NYSAC’s board, hopes the county manager will be able to seek out best practices and novel initiatives statewide to help fix local problems – with our challenged rural emergency squads, for instance. Following the Teri Barown model, is there someone already at the county who could step up to the job, MPA or not? Karen Sullivan, the planning director who ends up in charge of much of county innovation, would certainly be a contender (although she says she doesn’t want what, at least at the beginning, will be a daunting job.) Acting Treasurer Alan Crisman,
IT Director (and Milford village mayor) Brian Pokorny, Personnel Director Penny Gentile, even current Clerk of the Board Carol McGovern come to mind as promising prospects after a sufficiently rigorous interview process. Working for an MPA while on the job might be a sensible requirement. • Bliss and county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, a former vice chair, are also concerned about mission creep. A county manager, budgeted at $150,000 a year, might conclude he or she needs a deputy, then secretarial help, and before you know it we’re up to $250,000. Bliss is determined stay on top of that. After all, the county already has $116 million worth of brain- and firepower. That should be enough. At base, the world’s a complicated place – and that goes for local government as anywhere else. The right amount of expertise and executive ambition could serve the county well. It’s not a slam dunk, no guarantees; but Coach Bliss understands the vagaries involved in playing the game. And to listen to him, we can hope for, not a NYSAC cookie-cutter solution, but one that can pursue local opportunities while reducing local challenges. The point, in the end, is a happier, more efficient Otsego County.
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overnment exists to protect a self-defined group – a tribe – from outside existential threats. Long ago the threat was other tribes. Today it includes fire, crime, disease, drunken drivers, natural disasters and more. But government’s first reason is to protect us from them – to ensure that which our tribe holds dear is successfully defended. Be that property, principles or our basic human right to exist. Today, roughly 15 percent of U.S. government spending is on military defense,
about 5 percent of GDP. (That’s more than the next seven nations combined.) Few quibble that the U.S. needs a robust military defense. We may grumble about it, hate its excesses, or decry its misuse, but in the LARRY end every U.S. citi- BENNETT zen is well-defended, to everyone’s benefit. About 30 percent of government spending is on major medical programs, about 10 percent of GDP. (Social Security comes in
around 24 percent of government spending, or 8 percent of GDP.) Yet even as government spends twice as much on health care as on the military, it can’t fully defend our citizenry from ill health. Among the industrialized nations, we alone eschew universal health care. As citizens we spend almost three times as much annually per person – around $11,000 – as the average of
citizens of the other developed nations. Using national health plans, those nations average $4,000 per person per year. It’s also worth noting that our outcomes are not better and are frequently worse. It’s wasteful, ineffective, and unfair. Where are the flies in our ointment? Private insurance companies pay large salaries to fleets of executives. They provide returns to investors. They spend huge sums lobbying our elected representatives. They have huge staffs doing all the same paperwork: There are
over 900 private health care companies in the U.S. Then there is the fact that every form of medical delivery systems, not just insurers, is highly redundant. There are 7,200 hospitals in the U.S., out of 16,500 hospitals in the world. Redundancy is huge as hospitals spend heavily on the latest medical equipment to compete with other hospitals. Doctors are expensive to hire and support. Insurance chooses networks based to some degree on the broadest range of services offered, so the medical fa-
cilities scramble to offer them. And of course, drug costs are huge (and drug companies are cash cows) mainly because the bargaining power of 900 different insurers is heavily diluted. Yet it’s claimed that the U.S. can’t afford universal healthcare: It will break our middle class backs. In response, Elizabeth Warren says her universal plan will be funded by higher taxes on the rich and on corporations, and the middle class won’t have to pay more. Some analysts think she is Pleases See BENNETT, A6
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ATWELL/From A4 I wish good luck to that resident but hope he’s back home now, maybe selling insurance in Cincinnati. • During my lay about sofa days, lots of kind souls stopped by to wish me well. Invariably they’d ask, “Where’s the break?” At that, my Anne would always say, “I can show you!” She’d head for the kitchen and return with a big dog biscuit shaped (you guessed it) like a bone. She’d hold this up before the guests (and before the dog, who’d understandably followed her) and say dramatically, “This is Jim’s femur.” Then she’d snap off one of its top two lobes, adding, “And this is the break.” Snap! Anne would break off the lobe. Guests always laughed warmly, but it did make me wince a bit every time, especially if my Anne then tossed the piece to the happy dog. But the chain of events after the heifer’s kick had a denouement, poignant in its own way. The heifer hadn’t been mine. I was only giving it temporary barn room after hauling it to Fly Creek from the Unadilla livestock auction, this for a neighbor who lived
Keep Court System Separate From Impingement By Police To the Editor: Delaware County, where I previously served as Delhi town justice, did not have the apparent problems as indicated in Otsego County concerning the arraignment of arrestee. I was available for those early morning arraignments, sometimes covering for an unavailable justice court judge. One such arraignment was for a burglary committed at a far end of this county. The arresting officer thought it was to his advantage to disregard calling perhaps five judges, called me at 3 a.m. in Delhi, have the arraignment, then dump the prisoner off at the Delaware County jail, which was a few minutes away, and then go to his home, and bed. Needless to say, he was told, try that again, and see what happens. Regarding your article, “ALL ARRAIGNMENTS NOW IN COUNTY JAIL LOBBY.” The flaw with that is the problem within the meaning of our three branches of government. Years ago, the local town or village courts
were called “police justice courts.” I like to think a local judge figured that one out, and had that name changed. There are approximately 1,900 local justices in the states’ 62 counties. That, along with ancillary costs, are funded by the local municipal governments, for which the state remits a small percentage of the total fines received. Yes, system improvements need to be done, one of them might be called “district judges” similar to what I’ve witnessed while visiting Westchester, Pa., several years ago, funded by that state. This state has superior control of the actions of the local justices, and the procedures within the courtroom, and yet, it only contributes that small percentage of fines monies, and let’s not forget a rather large New York State surcharge that the local judges must impose, whether the defendant is fined, or not. Most importantly, we cannot have a courtroom in a police facility. JOSEPH SKOVIRA Delhi Town Justice (retired)
about a mile away. Some months after the ninja heifer’s kick broke my femur, someone knocked on our back door. There stood the heifer’s owner, holding a bundle wrapped in white butcher’s paper. It contained, he said, a 10-pound rump roast from the now-late heifer, trimmed out of the top of the very leg that had broken mine. With a weak smile, the neighbor said, “God knows you earned this! Hope you and Anne enjoy it.” I know that I did. I asked Anne to let me do the roasting, and when it came to slicing and plating, I really took my time, recalling our last close encounter. That was shameful of me, I know – what old morals texts called “morose delectation.” Psychologists redubbed it “sadistic pleasure.” OK, I feel guilty. But not exactly repentant. • I am convinced, though, that all the negative karma that has dogged my right leg originated 65 years ago. Back then, a scrawny teen was sitting on a shaky table in the hall just outside his high-school gym. It was halftime, and
he was there to sell candy to the crowd that would pour out of the humid gym to gulp some fresh air. (We were selling candy, you see, to raise money for new uniforms.) Well, here came the crowd, deferring to a young nun, my homeroom teacher, who ended up pressed backward, right against my table – and right against my bony right knee. Horrified, I kicked backward and collapsed the table’s right table leg. The table and I pitched forward, knocking down the nun on her face in the crowd. And I, oh, I fell after her, landing, scrawny butt first, right on her considerably softer one. This took place in the 1950s, when for a boy to offer a nun his hand as she stepped up onto the school bus was a bold act, something that smacked of sacrilege. It would certainly set kids already on the bus to tittering. That, of course, was just a kind of mild mishandling. Never mind knocking a nun down and then sitting on her! More of this sad story next time. . . Jim Atwell, Quaker minister and retired college administrator, lives in Cooperstown.
BENNETT: Nation Should Counter Threats: Like Poor Health BENNETT/From A5 too optimistic. Bernie Sanders says his plan will indeed cost the middle class more. Some analysts agree. First, let’s say Warren is too optimistic and that Sanders is right. I say we should all be lining up to pay more. Not just to defend ourselves and our immediate families from ill health and disease, but because it is part of our social pact to help look after our fellow citizens – our tribe, if you will.
Employ the government to use its weight and power to reduce drug and other costs. If health care still costs us more, we can put off buying a new smart phone every two years. We can drive our car for seven years instead of five. We can eat out less. And so on. None of these are onerous choices. If poor people need assistance to pay the increased costs, give them assistance. Bring everyone into the deal and
stand together. We are willing and able to pay to defend ourselves from existential external threats to our nation’s greater well-being. We should be willing to do so with existential internal threats to every citizen’s personal well-being. Larry Bennett, recently retired Brewery Ommegang creative director who is active in local causes, lives in East Merideth.
STEINBECK: We Assumed Lordship Over Life, Death. But Are We Capable Of Doing So? NOBEL/From A4 celebrate man’s proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit – for gallantry in defeat – for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally-flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man, has no dedication nor any membership in literature. The present universal fear has been the result of a forward surge in our knowledge and manipulation of
certain dangerous factors in the physical world. It is true that other phases of understanding have not yet caught up with this great step, but there is no reason to presume that they cannot or will not draw abreast. Indeed it is a part of the writer’s responsibility to make sure that they do. With humanity’s long proud history of standing firm against natural enemies, sometimes in the face of almost certain defeat and extinction, we would be cowardly and stupid to leave the field on the eve of our greatest potential victory. Understandably, I have
been reading the life of Alfred Nobel – a solitary man, the books say, a thoughtful man. He perfected the release of explosive forces, capable of creative good or of destructive evil, but lacking choice, ungoverned by conscience or judgment. Nobel saw some of the cruel and bloody misuses of his inventions. He may even have foreseen the end result of his probing – access to ultimate violence – to final destruction. Some say that he became cynical, but I do not believe this. I think he strove to invent a control, a safety valve. I think he
found it finally only in the human mind and the human spirit. To me, his thinking is clearly indicated in the categories of these awards. They are offered for increased and continuing knowledge of man and of his world – for understanding and communication, which are the functions of literature. And they are offered for demonstrations of the capacity for peace – the culmination of all the others. Less than 50 years after his death, the door of nature was unlocked and we were offered the dreadful burden of choice.
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OTESAGA/From A1 “passing of the baton.” Both men have roots in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation – at one point, Miles was executive vice president when Shideler, just out of college, joined the organization as executive steward. And, more generally, in Virginia: Shideler received his bachelor’s in hospitality and tourism from Virginia Polytechic, and Miles was through the University of Virginia’s post-graduate Executive Training Program in the Darden School. And the circumstances around John Shideler’s recruitment here almost seem providential. He was with Fieldstone Hospitality, developing boutique historical hotels in the South, and it was about to be sold. That happened on March 2; on March 3, the phone rang: It was Miles, asking Shideler if he would be interested in the Otesaga’s job. “I’d always wanted to work for and with Jim again,” said Shideler. Miles was Colonial Williamsburg Foundation executive vice president when the younger man joined the five-star operation on graduating from college in
the Hospitality & Tourism Management Course. He “just absolutely loved it,” and never looked back. Hired at Colonial Williamsburg, he soon decided on a lifelong ambition: “I wanted to be general manager of the Williamsburg Inn.” For three years in the 1990s, he was drawn away to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, but when the couple discovered wife Cherri was pregnant with their third child, Corey, the Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA lure of raising the kids near both sets of grandparents Jim Miles, right, Otesaga general manager for drew them home to Virginia the past seven years, and his successor, John and Colonial Williamsburg. Shideler are working on a smooth transition as (Today, his daughter of Jan. 1. Amanda is married and an 1988. creation of the fire pit, the ex- ICU nurse in Richmond, Meeting with Jane Forbes pansion of the Hawkeye Bar Va. Following in his father’s Clark, president of the & Grill, and just this summer, footsteps, son Johnny has just Leatherstocking Corp. which opened 1909, a high-end resgraduated from the Univertaurant – will spend a week owns The Otesaga, he asked sity of Alabama’s Hospitality what her expectations are. a month in Cooperstown & Tourism program. ThenShe replied, “I’m looking for pursuing baby Corey is now 21, and a a Jim” – professional, insight- special projects. junior at the Naval Academy.) ful, energetic, with attention Miles also led the creation By 2005, Shideler was to detail. And the deal was of the county-funded DestiWilliamsburg Inn’s operations closed. nation Marketing Corp. for manager, where he over“I’ve prepared for a role Otsego County to increase saw $98 million – yes, $98 like this my whole life,” “heads in beds” and even million – in renovations of Shideler said. more bed-tax revenue. the Williamsburg Lodge & Raised in Yorktown, After retiring, Miles Conference Center, a two-year – whose creative tenure Va., Shideler was studyundertaking that added 45,000 included the renovation of the ing business at Virginia square feet of meeting space, lobby and public rooms, the Tech and happened to take a new spa and a range of other
updates. By 2009, he was director of food and beverage for Colonial Williamsburg Resorts, and in 2013 he achieved his life’s goal, general manager, a position he held on receiving the coveted Silver Bowl for 25 years’ service. Through his career to date, Shideler said, he’s focused on a concept he calls “engaging service,” which begins when a guest arrives. “The first impression is what you hang your hat on,” he said. From then on, that guest should experience what the new GM calls “approachable luxury. It’s not stiff or standoffish. It’s a luxury that you notice, but you don’t feel out of place.” This isn’t something Shideler can accomplish by himself. It can only be accomplished by “instilling a sense of service in the staff.” When his managers achieve that, staff members “want to stay, and even more, they want to perform at that level of service.” He said, “My role is going to be to instill that sense of purpose in the staff.” This isn’t just theoretical. With Otsego County’s workforce shrinking, recruiting and keeping people
is ever more important, as every local business person knows. Jim Miles, his successor will tell you, has found “creative ways” of staffing the venerable institution, including the federal Citizen & Immigration Services’ H-2B visas and J-1 Exchange Visitor Program for summer workers. Shideler has already reached out to SUNY Delhi’s Hotel & Restaurant Management Program, looking for ways to bring the hotel and college’s needs into alignment. And then there are the basics: Hitting revenue targets. Then Shideler, a friendly man with a warm smile, shifted back to the challenge of leadership: Inspiring people to pursue institutional goals of excellence. A couple of weeks ago, he was messaged by an employee who, 25 years before, needed to enter a rehab program and came to him for advice. He hadn’t heard from her since. “She thanked me for how caring I as, but also forceful,” Shideler, “encouraging but firm.” “You never know the impact you have on some,” he reflected.
Republicans Control County Board, Gain In City, Win In Richfield VOTE/From A1 man Aimee Swan had this riposte: “Otsego County is purple. Otsego County voted for (Congressman Antonio) Delgado in 2018. Democrats can win here. Democrats do win here. And Democrats will win here. If Otsego was so red, we would not have a
split board.” During a victory celebration at the Oneonta Vets’ Club, Brockway said, “I’m exhausted. I’m glad it’s over. And I feel really good.” He added, “My family’s always been in politics in Laurens. I was a councilman for eight years. It’s a logical step to go
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hris Chase, son and grandson of veterans, just wants to make sure that all veterans can enjoy the ride safely. “We were concerned that many of our motorcycle runs involved a lot of alcohol,” said Chase, assistant director of Oneonta Post 259’s American
Legion Riders. “We’d stop at a Legion, people would have a few beers. And then we’d stop at the next one and they’d do the same. We don’t have anything against alcohol, just against drinking and driving.” So last fall, Chase unveiled the “Dry Run” concept, where the Legion’s annual rides would all be alcohol-free. “The first time we did it was the 2018 Foliage Run,” he said. “And we got some flack. But Ken Please See DRY RUN, B3
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Gilbertsville Legion Forged Friendships Veterans Ralph Wright, left, and Andrew Sebeck pose with wives Carolee Wright and Anne Sebeck at the Gilbertsville American Legion Post 1339. The post’s 85th anniversary is Sunday, Nov. 10, the Legion’s 100th anniversary.
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hey might have attended rival high schools, but it didn’t mean they couldn’t be friends. Veterans Ralph Wright and Andrew Sebeck first met one another at the Gilbertsville American Legion Post 1339 in 1971, when Sebeck and wife Anne moved to the area.
They found camaraderie in Gilbertsville through volunteering with the local fire department and socializing at events such as the annual Fourth of July parade and soon realized that they had more in common than just a military background – they shared a high school rivalry. Andrew had gone to school at South New Berlin and Ralph went to Laurens, just 20 minutes apart. Please See FRIENDS, B3
eterans are the stars of the show as country star Jerrod Niemann performs a concert in their honor. Features VIP veterans reception in Wright-Wilber Bank Atrium. Show begins at 7 p.m. Cost, $25 at door. Free to vets, active-duty military personnel. 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080. • The annual Veterans Day commemoration will be held at 11:11 Monday, Nov. 11. In Oneonta, it will be held in Neahwa Park; in Cooperstown, at the Doughboy statue; in Gilbertsville, at the American Legion, 114 Marion Ave. • The Oneonta Community Concert Band presents their annual Salute to Veterans featuring marches by various composers, “Semper LIBBY Fidelis,” Eric Ewazen’s CUDMORE “Hymn for the Lost and the Living,” more. 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, FoxCare Center, Oneonta. (607) 437-1529. • The annual Veterans Day breakfast features a short program followed by breakfast served to veterans and their guests. 8:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Rt. 54, Cherry Valley. RSVP with Laura Carson at 607-264-9332 ext. 501. • There’s always something special to find while supporting the Greater Oneonta Historical Society at their annual Benefit Auction, featuring live and silent bidding. 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. Quality Inn, 5206 NY-23, Oneonta. (607) 433-2452. • Performance of “Madama Butterfly,” by Puccini, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House. Cost, $20/adult. 12:55 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080.
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►Thursday, Nov. 7 FILM DAYS – Fall film fest features films on theme “Adaptations.” Includes films: ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ - 6 - 7:45 p.m. Grand Stand Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. Opening Party/Exhibit - 8 - 9:30 p.m. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. ‘The Unchanging Sea.’ 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Runs through 11/11. OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m. Celebrate opening of exhibit “The Artist’s Card – The Season of Greeting – Selections from the James Mullen Collection,” consisting of 70 works, studies seasonal holiday greeting cards. Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-2445 leries DIALOGUE – 5 - 6:30 p.m. “Race and Gender Bias in
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the Workplace” with Faith Tiemann, Director of Multicultural Student Initiatives. Butternut Valley Room, SUNY Oneonta. NETWORKING – 5:30 8 p.m. Give thanks, network, more. Includes awards to members, sponsors for Destination Oneonta. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-2941 OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30 - 7 p.m. Celebrate opening of Community Art Exhibition featuring Susan Jones Kenyon. Free, open to public. On view through 12/1. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 STEAM AHEAD – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Bring the kids to learn the science behind why apples turn brown when cut, then find how to prevent this. Hands-on experimentation, lots of apples. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.
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WORD THURSDAY – 7 - 9 p.m. Presentation by author William Stratton who has 2 full-length collections of poetry - “Under The Water Was Stone” and “These Things Too Have Shape.” Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055 or visit https://www.facebook.com/brighthp/ STAMP CLUB – 7 p.m. Bring stamp collections, ask questions, discuss with other stamp enthusiasts. Tillapaugh Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 607-547 5646 or e-mail kuchtill@gmail.com THEATER – 7:30 - 9 p.m. Performance of ‘Disgraced’ by Ayad Akhtar, winner of 2013 Pullitzer Prize for drama. Dinner party goes out of control as discussion turns to politics & religion. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Oneonta.
►Friday, November 8 VETERANS BREAKFAST – 8:15 a.m. 6th annual Veterans Day breakfast includes short program followed by breakfast served to veterans and their guests. Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Rt. 54, Cherry Valley. RSVP with Laura Carson 607264-9332 ext. 501 or visit https://www.cvscs.org/ FILM DAYS – Fall film fest. See Thursday listing. HOLIDAY BAZAAR – 10
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former Jerrod Niemann. Features VIP veterans reception in Wright-Wilber Bank Atrium. Show begins at 7 p.m. Cost, $25 at door. Free to vets, active duty military personnel. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Crawl.” Cost, $3/person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.
what’s fun _______ FILM DAYS – Fall film fest. See Thursday listing. HOLIDAY CARDS – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Create original in OtsegO holiday cards withCOunty artists Charles and Janet Munro. Cost, $200/non-member + $25 material fee. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with Multiple Sclerosis are invited to group. Open dialogue encouraged, no questions is too big or small. Sunshine Room, Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607-435-3653 DELIVERY – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. All Artist are invited to drop off artworks for sale at Holiday gift show and sale. CAA membership required. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777 OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Performance of “Madama Butterfly,” by Puccini, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House. Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 PHOTOGRAPHY – 1 - 3 p.m. Learn to take high quality portraits of loved ones with simple camera, like a smart phone, and natural light with photographer Kevin Gray. Bring camera you are most comfortable with. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4321980 CRAFTS – 1-3 p.m. Make a needle-felted pumpkin. $15 includes materials. Harris Memorial Library. 334 Main St., Otego. Info,(607) 988-6661 WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-4321980 TRIBUTE CONCERT – 5:30 p.m. Celebrate our nations veterans with featured per-
►Sunday, Nov. 10 ANTIQUES – 8:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. Flea market includes antiques, collectibles, vintage jewelry and more. Free admissions. Quality Inn, Route 23, Oneonta. Second sunday soup! – 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Serving homemade soups and desserts every 2nd Sunday of month. Takeout available. All welcome. Donations appreciated. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church Street, Schuyler Lake. FILM DAYS – Fall film fest. See Thursday listing. TURKEY DINNER – 1, 2:30, & 5 p.m. Enjoy annual turkey dinner. Reservations required for eat-in & take-out. Cost, $10/adult. Portlandville United Methodist Church, 2878 St. Rt. 28, Portlandville. 607-286-7582. FILM – 1 & 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Crawl.” See Friday listing. VETERANS SALUTE – 3 p.m. Oneonta Community Concert Band presents annual Salute to Veterans featuring marches by various composers, “Semper Fidelis,” Eric Ewazen’s “Hymn for the Lost and the Living,” more. FoxCare Center, Oneonta. 607-437-1529 ANNUAL DINNER – 4 p.m. Dinner/meeting of NYS Rt. 20 association kicks off with social hour followed by dinner, meeting, then guest speaker Story Lucile Ducey presenting Route 20: The Psychic Highway.” Cost, $35/ person. The Rose & Kettle, 4 Lancaster St., Cherry Valley. 315-271-8111
►Monday, Nov. 11 A generous donor provides free tickets for children and their accompanying adults, as well as high school and college students. Call the CSO at 607-436-2670 for more details. Performances of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Dry Run Movement Aims To Keep Bikers Sober DRY RUN/From B1 Gracey at the Red Knights 44 Motorcycle Club (a firefighter and EMS motorcycle club) told me to stick to my guns.” The Legion Riders, a branch of the American Legion, uses motorcycle rides to raise funds for local and national charities. “We’re motorcycle enthusiasts, and like to say we love our community, vets and pets,” said Chase. Though not a veteran himself, Chase is eligible for the Legion Riders as the son of Alvin Chase Jr., a Vietnam-era veteran, and grandson of Alvin Chase Sr., a World War II veteran. And though a few riders grumbled, Chase was surprised at how many came out in support of the Dry Run. “We saw a lot of riders who hadn’t come with us before because they were concerned with the alcohol use, now they’ve started riding with us,” he said. “The Red and Blue Knights, older riders and responsible folks – we gained people who love the idea!” In addition to new riders, Chase said they’ve also seen an increase in sponsorship for their rides, and have started working with the Oneonta Police
Department to escort the veterans taking the Leatherstocking Honor Flight out of the Albany International Airport. “It’s usually our coldest ride, but when you see those veterans being honored during the ceremony, it doesn’t matter how cold it is, it warms you right up.” Chase had patches made, and since then, all of their six annual rides have been dry. “It forces us to get creative,” said his wife Charlotte. “But the fun part is finding places that don’t serve alcohol.” They’ve stopped for ice cream and at scenic spots, as well as the motorcycle safety track. “That was awesome,” he said. “We got to get out there and go really fast.” They still stop to see their fellow veterans at other Legions along the route, but pledge to abstain from buying alcohol at the bar. In addition to promoting safety, Chase also wanted to raise awareness of drug and alcohol abuse among veterans, as well as the drinking culture among bikers. “We’re working with LEAF Inc. to write educational materials about dry runs,” he said. “We want to change that perception about bikers.”
“I am so happy with what Chris is doing,” said Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director. “With veterans, motorcycle deaths account for 38 percent of deaths by motor vehicle accidents. With this data, it’s very clear that the Oneonta Legion Riders are taking the safest stance possible to keep our veterans with us longer. “They’re a treasure, and they deserve to be treated as such.” LEAF was the beneficiary of this year’s Fall Foliage Fun. “We were honored,” said Dostal. “And I hope that the Dry Runs will catch on across the state and go national.” The patch isn’t just for American Legion Riders. “Any motorcycle club can use it,” Chase said. “We’re putting together a website that will have the logo and promotional materials that they can use to promote their own Dry Runs.” He’s shipped patches as far away as California, and when the Dry Run website goes live, motorcycle clubs will be able to chose which charity gets the proceeds from the sale of the patches. “We want to keep growing it because we know it will make a difference,” he said. “Statically, we’ve already saved a life.”
Friendships Forged Building Legion Toward 85 FRIENDS/From B1 “I’m drawing attention to the fact that veterans are not alone,” says Butternuts Town Historian Leigh Eckmair, who works directly with veterans to create projects that aim to educate parents and their children on the importance of local history. As they approach the 100th anniversary of the American Legion, both couples look back on that time and reflect on what it meant to serve their country. The Gilbertsville American Legion Post 1339 will observe its 85th anniversary alongside the 100th anniversary of the American Legion this Sunday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. The ceremony, which includes presentations by the local Boy Scout troop, as well as the commander of the American Legion William Wright, will be followed by a lasagna dinner at 4 p.m. The two vets had also married their high school sweethearts within a year of one another, the Sebecks in November 1962, and the Wrights just a year later, in November 1963. It was fall of 1962, when Andrew called his soon-to-be wife from his base of opera-
tions in Virginia. “Cancel the wedding,” he told her. The couple had planned to get married during his normal week-long leave that fall, but it was the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the country was on high alert. “There was so much uncertainty,” recalls Anne, “You didn’t know who the enemy was,” but she understood nonetheless. At the time Andrew was serving with the Army as a military police officer, which meant that he might be needed at anytime. “You respect where they are and what they’re doing,” Anne said. “If he said no, there was a reason.” He was given two days for the wedding and they ended up getting married on Nov. 10, just before Veterans Day. Ralph and Carolee Wright were married one year later. It was Nov. 23, 1963, the day after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The country was in shock and there was speculation as to what had happened. “Most people were glued to their black & white TVs,” says Carolee. When they drove up to the Adirondacks
for their honeymoon, they discovered that all of the businesses were closed. But none of these obstacles managed to deter the couples, who have been committed to their marriages and the local Legion since the beginning. “We worked hand in hand,” says Anne, “whatever the legion was doing, we would support.” From blood drives, to bake sale fundraisers, to helping fill Christmas stockings, the auxiliary has been helping the Gilbertsville American Legion for years. “We try to serve our community, we try to serve our youth,” she said. The Legion was originally dedicated to veterans of World War I, but over the years the American Legion has developed into a highly influential nonprofit group that serves veterans, servicemen, and communities around the world. With nearly 2 million members, the legion acts as a reminder of the importance of respect. “It continues your pride in your country and the men who served,” says Anne, who hopes that people won’t forget about veterans and the sacrifices they’ve made.”
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in OtsegO COOKING CLASS – 6 - 7COunty p.m. Learn to cook healthy meals all will love, fit tasty food into a healthy lifestyle. Cost, $5. Oneonta YMCA, 2026 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-0010 or visit https://www.oneontaymca.org/ MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30 p.m. Open mic followed by featured performers “Loons,” a NY alternative rock band lead by singer/songwriter Stephen Charles. Free, open to public. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 PAINT & SIP – 7 - 9 p.m. Enjoy non-alcoholic beverages while creating acrylic painting. For ages 16+. Registration required. Cost, $25/person. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 THEATER 7 - 9:30 p.m. p.m. CCS Thespians present fall musical “Company.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181. WORD THURSDAY – 7 - 9 p.m. Features works by Seeing Things II Workshop participants, including Robert Benson (workshop instructor,) Jesse Hilson, Joseph Imperi, more. Refreshments served. Suggested donation, $3. Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. 607-829-5055
►Friday, November 15 HOLIDAY SHOW & SALE – 5 - 7 p.m. Find beautiful items by local artists, craftspeople for holiday gift giving. (Or just to treat yourself.) Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777 FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.” Cost, $3/person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. THEATER 7 - 9:30 p.m. p.m. CCS Thespians present fall musical “Company.” See Thursday listing.
►Saturday, November 16 CRAFT FAIR – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Find handcrafted wares for the holiday season made by local artisans. Includes basket raffle to support Haven of Hope transitional housing/job training program. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 ext. 113. WORKSHOP DAY – 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pick a workshop to learn to make soap, bake for the holidays, print holiday cards, make a broom, or forge your own letter opener. Cost, $75$100/non-member. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit https:// www.farmersmuseum.org SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. - Noon. Family, friends, & people with multiple sclerosis are invited. Sunshine Room, Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607-435-3653. AUTHOR PANEL – 1 - 3 p.m. Talk to local authors about their works, purchase copies for holiday gift giving. Support your local artists. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. 607-988-6661.
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ing a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Town of Edmeston, County of Ostego and State of New York and is commonly known as 367 Hickling Road, Edmeston, New York 13335 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable.
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; ADELAIDE JEFFREY, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in 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, continued pg. 5 from pg. 4 are unknown to plaintiff; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE – TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION – C.O. – ATC; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; “JOHN DOE #1”
DATED: October 25, 2019 SCHILLER, KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 950 New Loudon Road Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 786-9069 66390 4LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. 315/2015 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 172 CLIFFSIDE CIR MARYLAND, NY 12116 Section: 260.13 Block: 2 Lot: 40.00 ONEWEST BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL CROWELL, COUNTY TREASURER AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; KATHY HOWELL, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/ K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; ROGER MILLER, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; MAUREEN MILLER, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY; RONALD JEFFREY, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED ELIZABETH JEFFREY A/K/A MILDRED E. JEFFREY, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in 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
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through and including “JOHN DOE #25”, the defendants last named in quotation marks being intended to designate tenants or occupants in possession of the herein described premises or portions thereof, if any there be, said names being fictitious, their true name being unknown to plaintiff Defendants.
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least eighteen (18) years of age, and acting as the organizer of the limited liability company hereby being formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York certifies that:
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read the above statements, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below constitutes my signature.
To the above named 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 $142,500.00 and interest, recorded on May 15, 2006, at Liber 1485 Page 1007, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 172 CLIFFSIDE CIR MARYLAND, NY 12116. 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. RAS BORISKIN,
Notice of formation of UNADILLA LIVESTOCK HOLDING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/4/2019. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 93 Rubin Rd., Monticello, NY 12701. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY 13849. 6LegalNov.28 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: 44 Church Street Oneonta LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2019. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 106 Center Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Shacktown Mountain Coffee Roasters LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NYS Department of State on 08/14/2019. Office location: Otsego County. NYS Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom processes against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail copy of such process to 143 Rooney Road, South New Berlin, NY 13843. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of PREFERRED INSTALLERS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/2/2019. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 574 County Highway 29, Richfield Springs, NY 13429, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF CW and Sons Trucking LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of at
CW and Sons Trucking LLC SECOND: To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained. THIRD: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is OTSEGO. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: CW and Sons Trucking LLC 1095 County Highway 13 New Berlin, NY 1 34 1 1 FIFTH: The limited liability company is to be managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. SIXTH: The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State. SEVENTH: The limited liability company shall have a perpetual existence. EIGHTH: The limited liability company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless all members, managers, and former members and managers of the limited liability company against expenses (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any claims, causes of action, demands, damages, liabilities of the limited liability company, and any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding. Such indemnification shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, provided that such acts or omissions which gives rise to the cause of action or proceedings occurred while the Member or Manager was in performance of his or her duties for the limited liability company and was not as a result of his or her fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a wrongful taking. The indemnification provided herein shall inure to the benefit of successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and the administrators of any such person. I certify that I have
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A NY Limited Liability Company. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/18/19. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy to: Oneonta Tennis Center, 32 Rose Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose 6LegalNov.7
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KLB EXCAVATING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 22 August 2019. 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 3103 Co Hwy 31, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalNov.21 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of The Order Of Chesterbury LLC. Filed 7/23/19. Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Jasper Stallings, 199 Lafayette St Unit 2, Ny, New York 10012. Purpose: General. 6LegalNov.14 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: Oneonta Guitar LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/23/2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 12 South Main Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalNov.14 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of HYDER FARM, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 09/17/19. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 195 Lakeview Drive, Richfield Springs, New York 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalNov.14 Legal nOtice Notice of LLC formation of
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Forum: Was Clinton Expedition Genocide? FORUM/From A1 huddle under the shelter of Fort Niagara that winter of 1779. Several hundred died. “If that isn’t genocide, I don’t know what genocide is,” he said. According to Brian Mack, the museum trustee who organized the symposium, Jemison’s perspective was new to the Fort Plain Museum’s programming, which includes its annual “American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference” each July. Last spring, he said, the American History Roundtable had planned a discussion at Siena College, outside Albany, featuring Robert E. Mulligan Jr., CGP graduate and a curator of military history for a quarter-century at the New York State Museum in Albany. According to Mack,
an activist, Michelle Schenandoah, protested the lack of a Native American perspective, and Siena cancelled the roundtable session, entitled “Supplying the Sullivan Expedition into Iroquois Country, 1779.” (A Siena spokesperson said it was the roundtable, not the college, that decided not to hold the forum.) “After reading about (it), I was really quite shocked to see such an event is taking place, and further, on the Siena campus,” Schenandoah, a Siena alumna, said in an email to Kathleen Kiernan, executive secretary to President Ed Coughlin, (who passed away over the summer.) “This military campaign … was an act of genocide against my peoples. Our nations are still recovering from the long-term impacts
from this war that resulted in the loss of lives, the separation of our Confederacy, land loss and intergenerational traumas resulting from this devastation,” wrote Schenandoah, who provided a copy of the email to this newspaper. That dust-up, said Mack, caused the Fort Plain Museum to seek out Jemison for this program. He is also a descendant of Mary Jemison, whose “Narrative” (1824) of her capture at age 12 and assimilation into the Shawnee and Seneca tribes is considered a classic of the “captivity narrative” genre; located as an adult, she elected to stay with her Seneca family in western New York. In addition to Glenn Williams, who discussed the Battle of Newtown (near Elmira) and other military encounters, and Mulligan,
who explored the difficulty of supplying an Army in a wilderness, the program included William A. Starna, the SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus of anthropology, who focused on Clinton’s Dam, which he said was probably built near today’s Main Street bridge. But he ended with a short discussion of genocide, noting the word is of recent vintage, coming into general use after the 1948 U.N. Conference on Genocide, following World War II found motive, intent and outcome must be considered in determining if genocide has occurred. Applying the term to the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition – Gen. James Clinton’s brigade came through Cooperstown and down the Susquehanna and destroyed the Indian village at Onaquaga before joining Sullivan at Tioga Point – is “factually flawed,” Starna said.
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FILM DAYS/From A1 “Joanne Gardner has been a volunteer with Film Days and she’s always wanted to get kids involved,” said Ellen Pope, Otsego 2000 executive director. Giroux, who lives in Fly Creek, made her Film Days debut last year with her documentary “Modified,” and will be part of a screening of her “Kitchen Vignettes” series, while Morrison will once again be showing one of his films, “The Unchanging Sea,” – a version of D.W. Griffith’s 1910 short film reconstructed from the original damaged nitrate stock – each as part of the seventh annual Glimmerglass Film Days, Thursday-Monday, Nov. 7-11. This year’s theme is “Adaptation.” And the students themselves will have a chance to show off their work as the Cooperstown Cinema Collective screens “Utica: A Town That Loves Refugees,” their award-winning short
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Washington’s orders, contained in a May 1779 letter to Clinton, “fell well short of eradication and elimination of a whole people,” he told the gathering. Participants at several points mentioned parts of Washington’s orders to Clinton, calling for “total destruction of their villages and the capture of as many persons of every age and sex as possible … Ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more … When we have effectively chastised them, we may then listen to peace and endeavor to draw further advantage of their fears.” While aggressive, the orders were to destroy land and crops, not people, they said. Even Jemison charac-
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terized the expedition as “a war on vegetables.” Williams also questioned Jemison’s conclusions. In his presentation, he noted that the British, after the Revolution broke out, sought out the Iroquois as allies and – given longstanding good relations with Sir William Johnson, the Colonial governor – had some success. However, two of the Six Nations’ tribes – the Seneca and Tuscarora – allied with the Americans, even in the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. The other four – Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Oneida – “chose the wrong side to support,” he said in an interview after Jemison’s talk, “and there were consequences of that.”
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Dennis Carl Hoke Sr., 79; Farmer Served On Roseboom Town Board ROSEBOOM – Dennis Carl Hoke, Sr., 79, a farmer and longtime member of the Roseboom Town Board, passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 27, 2019, at Bassett Hospital with his loving wife Joan Edna Hoke at his side. Dennis was born May 18, 1940, in South Valley, to Donald and Mary “Eliza” Barnes. He began school in a two-room schoolhouse in South Valley and, as he grew
older, attended the Cherry Valley and later Sharon Springs school systems. From an early age he enjoyed working local farms. In 1959 he enlisted in the Army and after basic training was stationed in Augsburg, Germany. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 31, 1961, and, following his return, married his sweetheart, Joan Webster on March 12, 1961.
From 1961 to 1970, Dennis operated a canned milk route serving local farms picking up their milk and delivering it to the Worcester Creamery. In 1970, he bought a farm on Hoose Road in Pleasant Brook and operated the farm until his retirement in 2008. Dennis loved to go out to eat, and especially enjoyed a “good steak”! He enjoyed “picking and teasing” and was a perpetual
jokester. He served his community as a member of the Roseboom Town Board for many years. He is survived by five children, Laurie Laymon (Tom), Sharon Rathbun (Steven), Connie Capece (Kristopher), Dennis Hoke, Jr. (Savanna), and Lonnie Hoke as well as by 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He also had four sisters, Phyllis VanDerwerker (Douglas-deceased), Jeannie
Winkler, Debra (deceased) and her husband Charley Brodie, and Victoria Myers. He is also survived by a special brother-in law and sister-in-law, Roger and Beverly Erway, by a special aunt Betty Gage Hoffman and by his good friends Jim Gage and Theresa Scott, Bill Young and Carol Key. A celebration of Dennis’ life was held Saturday Nov. 2 at the Cherry Valley Fire Station.
Susan Reisen, 79; Retired From Bassett Hospital ICU
FLY CREEK – Catherine Susan Brisson (Reisen), who worked in Bassett Hospital’s ICU for many years, went to rest quietly on All Hallow’s Eve. She was born on 29 July 1940, in Bayshore, L.I., the daughter of Dorothy Mercedes Baker and John Oliver Brisson. In 1963, she married William John Reisen, Sr. Early in her life she started going by her middle name, Sue. For many years she worked as a Unit Clerk in the ICU at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown. She enjoyed her work and made many long-lasting friendships at Bassett that endured long after her retirement; most notably her dear
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However, closest to her heart was her family: she was a mother who gave all she could. She adored her grandchildren the most: Katherine, William, Lorenzo, Eli and Heather. She is survived by her two sons, William, and his wife Jamie of Oneonta, and Dominick of Westville. Both men have had a piece of their hearts ripped away with her passing. She is also survived by her dear sister, Carole Lilawski of Middle Grove, Saratoga County. In recent years, when travel became difficult for Sue, Carole would often make the trip to Fly Creek so the two sisters could spend time together. Her
brother Norman Brisson of Oakdale, L.I., was a rock in her life. She spoke fondly of her two other surviving brothers, Richie and Russell. She will be laid to rest at the Westville Cemetery on Thursday, 7 November 2019 at 1 p.m. All of her family and friends are invited to gather for a burial service at that time. Her friend of years past, the Rev. Ronald Fralick, will officiate. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fly Creek Emergency Squad, PO Box 218, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Margery H. Holdridge, 94, Edmeston; NYCM Retiree Attended One-Room School EDMESTON – Margery Holdridge, 94, of Edmeston, an NYCM retiree who, as a girl, rode a horse-drawn school-bus buggy to attend a one-room school, died Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019, at Chase Nursing Home in New Berlin. Born March 5, 1925, she was the daughter of Ray. C. Hull and Florence (Pugh) Hull. She married her high school sweetheart, Richard (Dick) Holdridge, July 23, 1949, in Burlington Flats. He predeceased her on Jan. 31, 2015. She was raised in Burlington Flats and attended the one-room elementary school house there by horse-drawn school-bus buggy. Upon graduation from Edmeston Central School, she continued her education at Albany Business
School in secretarial administration. Marge was employed and retired from NYCM, Margery Holdridge beginning her career at their original office located on the top floor of the town’s bank. During WWII she was a participant of the Civil Air Patrol at the Edmeston Central roof top. In Commemorating Marge’s well-lived life four facets come to mind: Church, her husband, travel, and being a warm, inviting and fun loving hostess. She was a member of
the Second Baptist Church and an active participant including children’s ministries. She was steadfast in her love for Dick and shared many of the same interests including the area’s history and heritage, genealogy (family and others), and literature. Marge loved to walk and was great at explaining the wild vegetation to others whom accompanied her along the way. They traveled extensively across America, Europe, North Africa, Venezuela, and across the Panama Canal. Lastly, to know Marge is to know her warm smile, her genuine interest in what you were saying, and if it was early summer you’d be doing this over her Strawberry/Rhubarb pie
taken from her cherished pie safe. Besides her husband Dick, she was predeceased by her son Daryl Holdridge, her brother R. Sherill Hull, her sister Nordica Holochuck, and her in-laws Duane and Ann Holdridge and Pauline Smith. Marge is survived by her son Barry Holdridge and Daryl’s life partner Darlene Benzon, and numerous nieces and nephews. Interment will be private at Edmeston Union Cemetery. Contributions may be made in Marge’s memory to the Second Baptist Church, North Street, Edmeston. Arrangements were entrusted to the Delker & Terry Funeral Home.
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every life has a story. everyone deserves a final appreciation. Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar. Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special. Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.
Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com
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