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Saturday, April 9, at Milford Central School, face-painter Molly Feulner, Cherry Valley, shows off her handiwork to Caroline Mora, Long Island, who was visiting her aunt, Maria Kaltenbach, in Cooperstown/MORE PHOTOS, A6

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MKate Snow and Craig Melvin will broadcast state Presidential Primary coverage live 1-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday, April 14-15, from the Fly Creek Cider Mill. Elections crews on the road often set up in diners and local cafes, but this election season are looking for ways to showcase Upstate’s natural abundance. Through Wednesday the 13th, Snow and Melvin were at state Ag Commissioner Richard Ball’s The Carrot Barn in Schoharie.

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CLEAN UP 80: Otsego County Conservation Association is seeking volunteers (age 12 and older) to help clean up a portion of Route 80 on Earth Day, beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 23. To register, call Jeff at 2824087 or e-mail programdirector@occainfo.org.

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After being introduced by “Gasland” documentary filmmaker Josh Fox Monday, April 11, in Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, Bernie Sanders calls for a nationwide ban on fracking.

Local Dems For Hillary

By JIM KEVLIN

Going into the Tuesday, April 19, New York State presidential primary, the Otsego County Democratic Committee has endorsed Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. The polls will be open noon-9 p.m.

The vote was 2,010 to 1,320, based on weighted

voting from the 49 election districts, according to Mike Henrici, the county Democratic elections commissioner.

“It was nice to be able to call the Hillary camp and tell them they had our endorsement,” county Chair

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By LIBBY CUDMORE SCHENEVUS

When Shirley Skinner was 5, she overheard her father and the farm workers complaining “world was going to hell” because women got the vote.

“She ran in to tell her mother, and her mother just smiled and said, ‘We’ll see’,” said Kathleen

Hartwick Faculty Give ‘No Confidence’ Vote To President, But Trustees Disagree

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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iting staff cuts, declining enrollment and restructuring of the German and French programs, 41 of Hartwick College’s 110 full-time faculty supported a “no confidence” vote on President Marga-

ret L. Drugovich Monday, April 11. However, the Board of Trustees issued a letter later in the day expressing confidence in the president. “The board fully supports the difficult decisions the administration has had to make,” wrote Francis Landrey, who chairs the trustees. “She is completely undeserving of this faculty vote.” Please See DRuGOVICH, A3

Shirley Skinner on her recent 100th birthday.

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That was the reaction of Nicole Dillingham, president of Otsego 2000, to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ declaration Monday, April 11, at rallies in Binghamton and Albany, that he would support a nationwide ban on fracking.

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“We started something here in this region and New York State, and it is now entering the presidential debate and the national debate,” said Dillingham, whose organization helped lead the court case that affirmed the Town of Middlefield’s right to exclude

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Gasperini, who, like many women in Schenevus, calls Skinner “grandmother.” “And her mom went out and cast her first vote.”

Skinner, now 100, was interviewed by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s press team just after she celebrated her milestone birthday in October.

“As her birthday was approaching, we started writing to famous people asking them for birthday

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earch the attic and open those boxes in the basement – “Antiques Roadshow” is coming to town. Ken Farmer, an appraiser from the hit PBS series, will be on hand to appraise items on display as part of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration’s annual conference Friday-Sunday, April 15-17, at The Otesaga. This year’s theme, “ComPlease See ANTIQuES, A3 Historical Society Will Host ‘Antiques

Danielle Henrici, NYSHA director of education, was elected president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce board Wednesday, April 6, at the annual membership meeting at The Otesaga. She is flanked by vice president Matt Schuermann, right, president/owner, Leatherstocking Group Inc., and treasurer Andrew Marietta, NYCON regional director and a county board member. At left is outgoing president Ken Meifert, Hall of Fame vice president; at right, executive director Matt Hazzard. Missing is Stacey Grady, Springbrook, secretary. Four new board members were also elected at the meeting: Fred Schneider, owner, Landmark Inn; Susan Strandberg Green, proprietor, Paperkite Creative, Randy Smith, manager, Spurbeck’s Grocery and Cooperstown Cigar Co., and Alexandra Gunther, general manager, Mel’s at 22. HeNRICI

MILLeA IS TOPS AGAIN: Liz Millea, a senior member of the Cooperstown Basketball Team, was named the All-Central New York Girls Basketball small schools Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. After graduation, she will play basketball for Adelphi University in Long Island.

Oneontan In State’s Top Military Post

Maj. Gen. Anthony German assumed command of the New York Army National Guard during a change-ofcommand ceremony on Thursday, April 7.

German assumed command from Major General Patrick Murphy. Formerly, he served as Assistant Adjutant General and a commander in the New York National Air Guard, playing a key role in their response to Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in 2011, and Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Maj. Gen. Anthony German

German also served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs as the Department of Defense Liaison Officer to

the National Science Foundation. He recently completed a 30 day assignment as Acting Director of the Air National Guard.

The Adjutant General of New York is responsible to the Governor of New York for the readiness and training of the 10,300 members of the New York Army National Guard, and the 5,600 members of the New York Air National Guard, as well as the 2,900 members of the New York Naval Militia. German, a SUNY Oneonta graduate, lives in Oneonta with his wife Diana. They have four children, Josh, Ben, Zach and Bekah, and both Ben and Josh are members of the New York Air National Guard.

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Seventy-five faculty members were present at the special meeting of the Faculty Council. The no-confidence vote had been removed from the agenda of the regular meetings in October, November and earlier this morning, according to council chair Jason Antrosio, an anthropology professor.

“Early on, i felt that most of the faculty didn’t want to take that vote,” he said. “But after listening to each other, a number of people came around. This is a powerful and definitive statement.”

in an informal follow-up poll sent out by Antrosio, eight additional faculty members support the non-confidence vote; 14 rejected it.

“i voted against the vote of no confidence,” said Diane paige, Music Department chair. “We have to look at

the atmosphere of higher education. Decisions have to be made looking towards the long-term health of the organization. i stand with president Drugovich.”

“i voted no confidence,” said Mike Woost, another anthopology professor. “We don’t have good enrollment; she’s hoping to get rid of the language department, and the working environment is intolerable.”

landrey’s “Open letter to the Hartwick College Community” praised Drugovich the “it’s personal” campaign for scholarships, which is about to meet its $32 million goal; the new Craft Food and Beverage Center, and plans for $30 million in campus renovations, including a new dorm. “president Drugovich’s leadership is cause for celebration and warrants our deep gratitude,” he wrote.

donations to the college until Drugovich resigns. in February, 200 students filled the Dewar Union to show solidarity with Jager after he claimed he was asked to resign from his post as coordinator for student life following investigations into what Campus Safety considered a threatening, anonymous e-mail to the Board of Trustees.

Antrosio e-mailed the faculty a letter detailing the vote, as well as calling for a leadership change. “We are registering the strong feelings that a large number of the faculty have,” he said. “Going forward, we do not have confidence in president Drugovich’s leadership.”

is scheduled for May, during which the fate of the French and German departments may be determined. According to reports, the idea is to create a Global Studies program that includes language, but also overseas’ study and related disciplines.

“Back in March, the faculty voted to maintain those departments,” said Antrosio. “The vote to eliminate them is back on the agenda, and now we’re going to take another vote. My guess is we’ll vote “no” on eliminating.”

But shortly after landry’s letter was released, Drugovich released her own statement.

ANTIQUES/From A1 ing Home,” celebrates not only the society’s 70th anniversary, but also the first time in 20 years that the society has met in Cooperstown. Established in 1946, they have been headquartered at The Farmers’ Museum since 1958.

The guild, which seeks to preserve and replicate historically authentic Early American decoration, such as painted chests, folk art portraits and household items such as tin pitchers and trays.

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But others, like Antrosio and Woost, the shortfall in enrollments last June the 18 subsequent layoffs as signs that the college is faltering. “it’s a failure in leadership,” said Woost.

Some students are also showing dissatisfaction with administration. Hartwick College senior Noah Jager has begun a “Not One Damn Dime” campaign, rallying students to pledge not to give

Although the votes are officially noted, the faculty can’t force action. “Traditionally, votes of no confidence are disregarded and things go on in a tense state,” said Antrosio. “There’s nothing in the bylaws that calls for a necessary result.”

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“Of one thing i remain certain,” she said. “Our shared goal is to provide the best experience enhanced liberal arts education possible for our students. “

“Conflict is part of any organization,” said paige. “But we teach our students to find solutions. We need to do the same.”

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The conference will feature workshops and demonstrations of Gold leaf application, Country Tin painting, pen and ink and watercolor painting, all frequently appearing in early decorative arts. Members can enter their reproductions for a juried show, and the public is invited to tour the exhibition on all three days.

Farmer will give appraisals of the society’s library

of Originals, as well as member owned items on display. On Friday evening, Yvonne M. Jones, a British Decorative Arts expert, will give a talk on her book, “Japanned papier Mâché and Tinware, c. 17401940” at a banquet. On Saturday, members will be invited to tour NYSHA’s Thaw Collection of American indian Art, including a series of items from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, curated especially for the event. And on Sunday, Sherlee Rathbone, president of the Fly Creek Historical Society, will give a presentation on the North Family Tin Shop, noted for elaborately painted tinware through the mid 1800s. Historical Society Will Host ‘Antiques

Perspectives

These Are Times That Call For A Fearless President

Since 1980, the wages of the top one percent grew 138 percent, while wages of the bottom 90 percent grew just 15 percent, according to the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Since 1983, the wealth of the richest among us has grown 101 percent; middle class wealth is up just 2.3 percent; among the poorest, it has dropped 18.4 percent, according to the Pew Foundation.

No wonder people are feeling the pinch.

• Presidential debates to date have identified the culprits: The ruinous international trade agreements; a deregulated Wall Street and the busts of 1999 (Internet) and 2008 (housing); lower marginal tax rates – they didn’t raise all ships, just the yachts; underwater mortgages; skyrocketing CEO pay; student loan debt; bankrupting medical bills; bleak retirement prospects; weakened private-sector unions (and the burden of public-sector unions on the rest of us).

Fear not; this is nothing new; the Republic will survive.

Today’s tensions – between the haves and have-nots, if you will – are as American as apple pie. Locally, they go as far back as Otsego County’s birth, and Federalist Judge Cooper’s battle with Jeffersonian Democrat Jedediah Peck.

Popular sovereignty won that round. As did Andrew Jackson over the Second Bank of the United States. And Teddy Roosevelt, in busting the trusts in the early 20th

Century. And the Supreme Court, breaking up Standard Oil in 1911. (Looking ahead, who’s going to have the guts to break up Facebook and the rest of “Tech’s Frightful Five” that control 70 percent of Internet revenue?)

After the Depression hit, Teddy’s cousin Franklin took on Wall Street. “I welcome their hatred,” FDR declared at one point, in the face of moneyed efforts to block his New Deal reforms, including – if you believe Nichols Fox Weber’s 2007 “The Clarks of Cooperstown” – plans for a coup involving the future founder of the Clark Art Institute at Williamstown.

• Capitalism tends toward monopoly, as everyone knows; (gravity makes apples fall from trees, too.) So periodic interventions have been necessary throughout American history to break up the monopolies and let free enterprise work.

Now is one of those times, which makes Bernie Sanders the essential choice of

Otsego County Democrats next Tuesday, April 19, and perhaps the essential choice of county voters and the nation in November.

Hillary Clinton, our former U.S. senator, has shown herself willing to change any position on anything and everything, as Sanders has gone from 3 percent support since announcing his idealistic endeavor, to his near-tie with the candidate whom, a year ago, everyone was saying was the inevitable first woman president.

Even with all the shifting, her formulations have been timid. “A practical progressive who wants to get things done” has her compromising before the battle has been joined. Compare that to JFK: “We choose to go to the Moon…, not because (it is) easy, but because (it is) hard.”

The challenges are hard, and Hillary Clinton, accepting $15 million from Wall Street, and millions more from special interests, declining to release texts of speeches to investment bankers she was paid $225,000 each to deliver, isn’t that

Republicans, Go With A Winner: John Kasich

On the Republican side, Donald Trump taps into the same dissatisfaction as Bernie Sanders. But the punches at rallies, the calls to violence, are more than a little scary. Certainly, Trump has the guts – rashness, perhaps – to initiate change. And change is needed. And, yes, there seems to be a knee-jerk reaction in among Americans in recent years: If you disagree with someone, slap a label on that someone: Racist, sexist, misogynist,

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fascist, even, at the extreme, Nazi. Trump is not that ideologically pure. Opportunist maybe. Better to argue the specific issues on their merits.

So let’s do that. From our Otsego County perch, many of Trump’s idea are troublesome, but perhaps the most worrisome is his call to arming the South Koreans, the Saudis, the Japanese and who knows who with nuclear weapons. Nine nations are so-armed these days, and – given continuing India-

Pakistan tensions – that’s worry enough. But to arm a dozen, 15, 25, even if they happen to be “our friends” today – that’s a truly unnerving idea, and a disqualifying one. Why shouldn’t Otsego County Republicans go with a winner in the GOP presidential primary Tuesday, April 19? The latest polls show John Kasich, the former Congressman and Ohio governor, could beat both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton by a comfortable margin in November. Go with a winner: Vote Kasich.

JFK, or FDR, or Teddy, or Jackson or Jedediah Peck the nation needs right now.

• Sanders talks about “a revolution,” an unfortunate term. But his idea, once the nomination is his, is to generate sufficient excitement to win a working majority in Congress – at least the Senate, perhaps the House too. It’s time to get some things done. You often hear it said that Americans like divided government, since it results in inaction. The latest downside of that idea is New York State’s minimum wage. Businesspeople interfacing with a Cuomo Administration envoy at Foothills last week were convincing: raising the minimum wage to $12.75 while it remains $7.25 in Pennsylvania puts Upstate at an unacceptable competitive disadvantage.

Only Congress and a president determined to do so can level that playing field. Only Congress and a president determined to do so can break up the too-big-to-fail banks, can end the student-debt crisis, can create a national program to rebuild our shamefully degraded infrastructure – we ARE Flint, and Hoosick Falls – can resolve issues like dangers of fracking, relative to any potentials, from a national perspective.

• County Democrats should vote for Bernie Sanders Tuesday, April 19. The polls are open noon-9 p.m. And let’s see how the national debate has evolved by November.

Disinvestment, Business Closures In Otsego County Affect All Sectors

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the draft of the Strategic Plan the Otsego County Board of Representatives commissioned by the Laberge Group, Albany, released in recent days. The full draft is available at www.allotsego.com

Over the years, manufacturing, agriculture, and transportation in Otsego County have declined steadily. Some industries in the County have closed and others have relocated. Although there has been

some offsetting growth, economic gains have not kept pace with economic losses in the county.

Disinvestment and business closures in Otsego County have impacted all sectors of the local economy in recent years.

In the manufacturing sector, the closure of Paragon, Inc. in

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Oneonta (a local diaper manufacturer) resulted in the loss of 125 jobs, while the closure of Sentinel Polyolefin in Richfield Springs resulted in the loss of 75 jobs early in the decade. These losses have not been offset by any major industrial expansion projects in recent years.

Small industries, including Custom Electronics Inc., Ioxus and Andela Products have worked to retain and expand jobs by undertaking economic-development projects in recent years. Projects such as these are critical to the

future economy of Otsego County.

Nearly all of the village centers have seen the loss of commercial businesses and services. The City of Oneonta and Village of Cooperstown downtowns are the exception.

Oneonta’s downtown is an eclectic mix of commercial, residential, professional, health and government uses. It has evolved through the years from a retail center to a center of commercial diversity.

Meanwhile, Cooperstown has developed an economy based on

‘Smart Growth’ Would Have Put Greater Oneonta Farther Ahead

To the Editor:

Had the Southside Water project followed “smart growth” strategies and practices, it would likely have been funded in its entirety by state and federal funds.

“Smart growth” would have required the town’s collaboration with the city – you know, the enemy across the river – and would have been defined through a comprehensive regional water plan to bring quality water to the entire town, surrounding communities, as well the overall upgrade of the city’s existing fresh water systems.

Don’t believe me; ask the folks at Lamont Engineers, the Town of Oneonta’s engineering consultants.

Had we initiated “smart growth” five or six years ago, the Southside project would already have been completed and paid for and we’d be well on our way in bringing muchneeded top-quality water to West Oneonta and the remainder of the Oneonta’s West End. Nope, “stupid growth” will continue to drive the Greater Oneonta community – backwards. We’re already one of the state’s Top 10 poorest communities. With the Southside Water campaign as a model program for future economic development, for sure we’ll be #1 on that list in no time.

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tourism. In the 1980s, a concentrated effort was made to encourage the acquisition and re-development of vacant buildings and convert vacant upper floors of downtown commercial buildings to housing, which greatly improved the downtown.

The economy of the county is now more and more service based. Major employers include SUNY Oneonta (965 employees), Bassett Hospital (2,615 employees), New York Central Mutual (1,000 employees), County Government Please See PLAN, A6

Feeling The Bern In Cherry Valley

To the Editor: On Tuesday, April 19, I am proudly casting my ballot for Bernie Sanders. He is the only candidate who addresses the corrupting power of money in politics. He recognizes how corporate America has used this power to rig the system to their advantage at our expense. He has made rebuilding our infrastructure, single-payer healthcare and the burden of student debt key issues in his campaign.

Senator Sanders has a 30-year record of consistency, transparency and integrity. He is willing to take on the issues that threaten our democracy and life on this planet. He will truly give us A FUTURE TO BELIEVE IN.

Feeling the Bern, PHILIP DURKIN Cherry Valley

BOUND VOLUMES

Compiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Stop the Runaway – Absconded from the service of the subscriber, on the 7th inst. an indented apprentice boy, named Richard Finch, Jun., 18 years of age. All persons are forbid harboring or trusting him on penalty of the law, and any person who will return him to the subscriber, shall be entitled to One Cent Reward, but no charges. Samuel Bissell, Hartwick, April 8, 1816

175

YEARS AGO

April 18, 1816

A Miraculous Escape and Extraordinary Case of Preservation from the Effects of Lightning: A young man in the employ of Thomas Hoag of Milford, was on the 2nd April, caught in a shower of rain, and while passing very hastily a large oak tree, and being very near it, the tree was struck by a bolt of lightning, which shivered it to pieces, and, at the same time, prostrated him upon the ground. On recovering from the shock, he found himself surrounded by the wreckage of the tree, but was uninjured by their fall. Such preservation most emphatically speaks the interposition of a good Providence.

April 19, 1849

150 YEARS AGO

Hops – A gentleman who has had considerable experience in the hops trade thinks that hop yards which are but little exposed to northwest winds, generally escape the disease which has visited so many yards the past two years. It is also his opinion that the hop-louse is the result and not the cause of the disease. We are not prepared to adopt these views, but give them for what they are worth. One thing is known – there are yards which escaped the blight, while others in near proximity were badly damaged or the crop completely destroyed. Our growers will look forward with much anxiety to the developments of the next few months; and no one can prophesy the result.

April 20, 1866

125 YEARS AGO

Local News – The agreement of consolidation between the Cooperstown and C.V. Railroad Company, and the West Davenport Railroad Company, forming the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Company, with a capital of $45,000 has been filed with the Secretary of State. This is the usual process under the statute for extending a railroad, that being the sole object in this case. A new company is formed, which retains the name of the C. & C.V. Company and the same directors with the exception of R.J. Orr of Davenport in place of Paul T. Brady who has removed from this county. The company will have a line 5.25 miles long. P.T. Barnum – There is hardly an American now in the

75 YEARS AGO

April 16, 1941

vigor of life who can remember when the name of Barnum was not familiar to him, and there are very few Americans who do not feel that they owe him a certain debt of gratitude for brightening their lives or the lives of their children. It is really wonderful and unexampled, the career that closed when he last week passed away. Many years ago, he delivered a Fourth of July address in Cooperstown. April 16, 1891

100 YEARS AGO

Beginning on Monday next, April 17, the Cooperstown and Oneonta bus line, under the proprietorship of Fred Bliss of Cooperstown will make its first trip. Mr. Bliss goes to Oneida on Thursday to bring back his bus – an attractive model of the General Motor Car Company chassis with a Schubert body. It is well heated, lighted and ventilated. The bus will accommodate 20 passengers and will make two

trips daily starting from the Fenimore Hotel corner at 6:30 a.m., and at 12:30 p.m., except on Sundays when the starting times will be one hour later – 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Mr. Bliss, who has been a valued employee of the D. & H. Co. has made use of his railroading ingenuity in arranging his schedules. The running time of the trip will be one hour and 45 minutes. The bus will stop anywhere on signal and will make a stop at Milford of three minutes, both directions. A one-way passage from Cooperstown to Oneonta is 50 cents. April 12, 1916

50 YEARS AGO

Dr. James Greenough of Cooperstown, RD, one-time Chief Surgeon of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, died Tuesday, April 5, at the hospital. He was 72 years of age. Dr. Greenough was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 17, 1893, the son of James J. and Katherine Noble Greenough. He married Frances Hartwell at New York City on May 14, 1919. He was educated at the Noble & Greenough School in Boston, Massachusetts and Harvard University where he received his A.B. and M.D. Cum Laude degrees. He began his medical career as resident surgeon at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City in 1920 and served as attending surgeon at Bellvue Hospital from 1922-1927. He began his duties in Cooperstown on March 22, 1927, when the hospital re-opened after being closed for two years. In 1929, Dr. Greenough became associated with Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta as Chief of Staff where he remained until retirement in 1962.

April 13, 1966

25 YEARS AGO

Peter Elkan of Cooperstown, a Class of 1993 civil engineering major at Union College will participate in the Marine Studies Terms Abroad program offered by Union this spring. The term begins in Bermuda and involves a schooner expedition along coastal New England, ending at the islands in the Gulf of Maine. Elkan, of 7 Susquehanna Ave. is the son of Paul and Susan Elkan. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1989.

April 17, 1991

10 YEARS AGO

Rachael H. Kuch, a junior at Cooperstown High School, has been selected to receive the League of Women Voters Leadership Award, which entitles her to attend the four-day New York State League of Women Voters conference to be held in Albany from April 30 to May 3. Kuch was selected for this award because of her involvement with the CCS Student Council.

April 14, 2006

To the Editor:

...i Just like Bernie Better

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He is giving the average person hope for a fair and better future. He is attracting intelligent, thinking, young people into the political process. He is a stable, sane, intelligent, self-effac-

ing voice in a whirlwind of unstable, narcissistic, insane Republican voices. i will support Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee. i do not dislike Hillary Clinton, i just like Bernie better.

All Otsego County Democrats agree that we will support whoever is the Democratic nominee. We just have our first and second choices going in.

JAMES DEAN Cooperstown

Entrenched Attitudes Hard To Root Out

To the Editor: i read frank Serpico’s article in the Saturday, April 6, New York post. The same frank Serpico whose namesake was made into a movie starring Al pacino. He began the article saying that it’s the same old story no matter how many commissions are formed to root out police corruption in New York City. it’s business as usual.

You may ask what does this have to do with the City of Oneonta. Well, nothing, and then again, everything. i have no proof of corruption. But the obvious correlation is that it is not easy to change a culture, especially one that’s been entrenched in tradition for over 100 years. Oneonta has been ruled by an oligarchy since it was first charted in 1980. Some call it cronyism. Others simply “The Cabal.” Whatever the definition: Those in power don’t like to be told what to do or how to do it. in order to bring Oneonta into the 21st century, the citizens voted, by public referendum, to hire a city manager to introduce a stronger system of checks and balances.

The first two managers were fired because a city lost confidence in them. No specific charges. No due process, no just cause. Just “a loss of confidence.”

To hire a qualified city manager without kowtowing

to the pressure from the cabal to hire one of their own.

The ad hoc committee to revise the charter was chaired by former mayor John Nader, son of another former mayor. A recent article in this paper mentioned that John Nader is one of Oneonta’s “kingmakers.”

According to Webster’s, a kingmaker is “a person who has power and influence in the choice of a candidate for public office.” This is what Oneonta is trying to avoid. This was the raison d’etre for the referendum. in addition, Common Council appointed Russ Southard as acting mayor for 2016 and then the new mayor appointed him to an ad hoc Charter Revision Committee. The mayor might as well have appointed himself. Southard’s full-time vocation is a salesman for Mirabito gas. An honorable profession, but hardly a person of “unquestionable qualifications” to write a city constitution. it was he who was instrumental in the firing of our last city manager. A part-time Common Council with some members having little previous experience in government is no match for a seasoned cabal. Just think of it. All because of a single comma, the ca-

bala was able to circumvent a city charter. By firing two qualified city managers. it is therefore imperative for the Common Council not to rush to judge. There are no deadlines. Measure twice. Cut once. it would be prudent for them to seek second and even third opinions from attorneys and legal scholars who specialize in constitutional law – independent of the city attorney.

And while we’re at it, get a proofreader who knows the difference between a comma and a period. Some members of the Common Council and the charter committee have suggested on relying on too much trust between the mayor, the city manager and the Common Council. The cabal has relied on trust for too long. it doesn’t work for city government. The new charter must be encrypted against hacking by a determined old guard that refuses to die.

The charter should then be presented to the public for a vigorous 30-day review before voting on it. Only then will we know if a referendum is necessary. in the final analysis the Common Council works at the pleasure of its citizens.

GEORGE SIATOS Oneonta

Molly Oakley, Cooperstown, demonstrates her charming Eleven Puppets made from reused items at Earth Fest 2016 Saturday, April 9, at Milford Central School, an annual celebration of the environment.

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Local fracking Opponents Elated As Sanders takes issue National

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fracking through zoning laws.

“We were the leaders.”

According to reports in the New York times and elsewhere, Sanders said Hillary Clinton, his opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, “worked to export fracking” while she was secretary of state, intending to reward companies like Chevron, Halliburton and Exxon Mobil. “Secretary Clinton’s role in fracking when she was secretary of state is not a good record,” Sanders said.

Adrian Kuzminski, coordinator of Sustainable Otsego, the county’s other major anti-fracking organization, said, “i was surprised. i was pleasantly surprised. i didn’t

expect it.”

“We’re kind of playing with fire” by allowing fracking elsewhere, he continued. “Bernie put his money where his mouth was. if we’re serious about climate change, let’s do in the whole country what we’ve done in New York.”

Of Sanders’ opponent, he said, “Hillary, she’s not serious about the issue. She

has a little bit of rhetoric, but she’s playing to the powers that be – the oil and gas industry and the people who have given her all that money.”

“He made a clear contrast,” said Kuzminski. “She’s trying to have it both ways.”

Both Dillingham and Kuzminski said, in their opinion, not only did Sanders do the right thing, it will help him in the tuesday, April 19, New York primary.

“Absolutely it makes sense,” said Dillingham. “Zephyr” – Zephyr teachout, whose anti-fracking message helped her win 39 Upstate counties in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary against Governor Cuomo

– “got 33 percent of the vote. i think it makes a big difference Upstate.” i think it will help Bernie,” said Kuzminski. “Again, it draws a clear contrast between someone who takes issues seriously and someone who pretends to.”

While both are enthusiastic about Sanders’ position, Dillingham said Otsego 2000, as a 501c3 non-profit, is an educational organization, precluded from making political endorsements. Kuzminski said other environmental organizations, like the Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense fund, are in the same situations.

As for Sustainable Otsego, it is too close to the primary

to marshal support for an endorsement, he said.

Dillingham continued, “it’s not whether a particular candidate gets elected.” Rather, that “people begin to realize that all candidates should be asked about this question, in national, state and local elections, to permeate the whole electorate.

“it’s one of the most important issues we face – fossil fuel consumption. Why not begin to steer the ship to the point we need to get to?”

Even though Governor Cuomo did ban fracking statewide in December 2014, after teachout’s strong showing, “we are still following an energy policy that relies on gas fracked in other states,

which i think is unethical and shouldn’t be our policy. What is unsafe in New York is unsafe in other states.” in addition to his declaration at the two rallies, the Sanders’ campaign released a new tV ad promoting his anti-fracking stand, and a 30second spot featuring actress Susan Sarandon, “one of Sanders’ most visible supporters,” according to the times.

“Do Washington politicians side with polluters over families?” Sarandon asks. they sure do, because big oil pumps millions into their campaigns. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate for president who opposes fracking everywhere

Dems Endorse Hillary; GOP Leave it to Polls

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Richard Abbate of Cooperstown said this afternoon, recalling that she announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate at the Pindar’s Corners farm of her predecessor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s, outside Oneonta.

for his part, the county Republican chair, Vince Casale, said his county committee doesn’t plan to endorse. “the Republicans have a primary,” said Casale. “it’s the primary that matters.”

Donald trump, ted Cruz and John Kasich, the Ohio governor, are competing in the state GOP primary. (Ben Carson also appears on the ballot, although he’s dropped out of the race.)

On the Democratic side, Abbate said he called a caucus thursday, April 7, at 22 Main St., Cooperstown’s village hall, after the call went out from the state Democratic Committee asking the 62 county committees to make primary endorsements.

Among those speaking for Hillary were former Oneonta mayor Kim Muller, who has been a member of the state committee.

Among those speaking for Bernie were Ed Lentz, the former county rep from Garrattsville; Jim Dean, the

SKINNER/From A1 cards, and she wanted one from Hillary Clinton,” said Gasperini. “Hillary’s team called a few days after we sent the letter, asking if they could interview her.”

“Coming from a world with no rights for women, i saw people in my life lose control of their own money because they were women,” said Skinner. “it’s thrilling to see that a woman could possibly become the president!”

Members of Clinton’s press team visited Skinner in Schenevus several times to interview her for an article posted on hillaryclinton.com, Clinton’s official campaign website. “She’s seen incredible progress in America,” says the article. “And today, Shirley is rooting for something she never thought she’d live to see: the first woman president of the United States.”

“they adored her,” said Gasperini.

When young, Skinner was one of few women who knew how to drive, so she got a job driving women on Long island to factories during World War ii, and later, taking wealthy housewives into the City to shop and attend social functions. But even though Skinner had her own money, she struggled to get a mortgage because she wasn’t married.

“finally, a man at the bank trusted her enough that he was able to give her a mortgage, and she bought the farm in Schenevus,” said Gasperini. “She would go between the farm and the City.”

Skinner saved enough to travel to Europe several times, including once on the S.S. Andrea Doria, right before it

Cooperstown

and Phil Durkin, former county rep from Roseboom who has been spearheading the Sanders campaign at the northern end of the county.

While Otsego went for Clinton, Abbate said he’s heard mixed reports from elsewhere. for instance, both tompkins County (ithaca) and Delaware County committees decided not to endorse either candidate.

“She’s worked hard for the state for so long,” said Abbate. “She’s going to win our nomination, she’s going to beat whoever is the Republican nominee, and she’s going to be the first woman president of the United States.”

sank off the coast of Nantucket in 1956. “She has always admired Hillary because she traveled so much as Secretary of State; she’s seen different cultures, different ways of living. Shirley believes that you need to travel to have a good perspective.”

Skinner has always been politically minded, starting at age 16, when she won second place in an statewide essay contest about George Washington. “She got to go on a train trip to Washington D.C. and get her picture taken with President Herbert Hoover,” said Gasperini. “But he didn’t seem to want to be bothered with a bunch of kids, so she wrote him a letter, saying ‘When i become of voting age, i’m not going to vote for you!’ And sure enough, she voted for fDR, and has been voting ever since.”

And in her birthday letter request to President Obama, Skinner told this story, adding, “i appreciate how you smile at kids when they come visit, because when i was at the White House, President Hoover was not very nice!” though Skinner was married briefly when she was young, she never remarried, and had no children. But many, like Gasperini, looked up to her as a grandmother, and Skinner had taken more than one young woman in Schenevus to register to vote. And she’s ready to vote again in this year’s April 19 state primary, absentee ballot in hand, since it’s difficult now for her to physically get to the polls. “No matter who you vote for, understand that you have the right to vote,” said Skinner.

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At Cato Freedom’s grave are, from right, Otsego County Historical Association President Deb Mackenzie, Hartwick; Harry Matthews of Hartwick College’s U.S. Colored Troops Institute; Lee Fisher, president, NAACP, Oneonta chapter; OCHA Directors Virginia Schoradt, New Lisbon town historian, Sandy Tollerton, Exeter Historical Society, and Robin Phillips, Hartwick (and daughter Melissa Sellars); OCHA VP Les Rathbun, Middlefield historian (and wife Dorothy), and OCHA Director James Mayne, Garrattsville.

Fighting For Freedom ...And Finding It Here

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO

By JIM KEVLIN

GARRATTSVILLE

It is a bicentennial that could easily have been overlooked.

On Feb. 10, 1816, Cato Freedom and his wife, Amelia (Parmelia in other documents), bought land in Otsego County, among hundreds of settlers – many of them veterans of the American Revolution – who did so in the early years of the 19th century.

But Cato Freedom was different. He was one of relatively few blacks – perhaps no more than 5,000 – who fought for the new nation during the Revolution. Some were free at

the outset, but others won their freedom in exchange for their service.

Only three of those 5,000 have been identified as settling in Upstate New York, according to Prof. Harry Bradshaw Matthews, director of Hartwick College’s U.S. Colored Troops Institute, who was among the half-dozen local historians who gathered at Cato Freedom’s gravesite Saturday, April 9.

Among them was Lee Fisher, president of the NAACP, Oneonta Chapter. “When we heard about it,” he said, “everybody was interested.”

The local historians were affiliated with the relatively new Otsego County HistoriPlease See FREEDOM, B3

CGP Grad Reveals ‘Thunderbird Jewelry’s’ Humble Origin

By LIBBY CUDMORE

COOPERSTOWN

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – or, the case of the Thunderbird jewelry of the Santo Domingo Pueblo, another woman’s livelihood.

“My wife Sally and I were at an antique show in New York City and we saw this plastic jewelry, hidden among all the silver,” said Roddy Moore, director of the Blue Ridge Institute in Ferrum, Va.

“I’d never seen anything like

it, so I bought her a piece.” Moore, a 1971 graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, lectured about the jewelry as the CGP’s annual Bruce Buckley scholar Thurs-

day, April 7, at The Fenimore Art Museum.

The jewelry, commonly known as “Depression jewelry,” was made by southwestern Native American tribes to be sold at tourist trading posts. “They made it out of old car batteries, plastics from the dump, even records,” he said.

But nothing had been written about the history of the jewelry, so he began looking on the only place he could find any information – the online auction site eBay.com.

“Over the years, we’ve Please See JEWELRY, B2

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HISTORICAL ARTS: Free public exhibition and demonstrations at The Historical Society of Early American Decoration’s 70th anniversary celebration, Friday-Sunday, April 15-17 Don’t miss Friday’s 2 p.m. appearance by Ken Farmer, of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow,” and the ticketed dinner banquet with British decorative art expert Yvonne M. Jones. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Full schedule, tickets, at (607) 547-5667 or info@hsead.org

PTA ‘SEUSSICAL’: Bring the family to a whimsical musical based on the tales of Dr. Seuss, 6 p.m. Friday, April 15. The show, put on by Theatreworks USA, benefits the Cooperstown PTA and Cooperstown Foundation for Excellence in Education. Tickets $5, with maximum of $20 per family. Jr./Sr. High auditorium, 39 Linden St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8181.

STRIDES FOR SAFETY: Annual 5k run/walk to stop D.W.I. in Otsego County. Benefits SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). Race start 1 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Register 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for $23. Health fair, fun activities 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Oneonta High gym, 130 East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 547-4271.

FIRST KARAOKE?: Tony Opalka of the state Historic Preservation Office offers free public program, “The First Karaoke Machine? The History of the Player Piano and Popular Music of the 20th Century.” 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org

Wife Sally’s Jewelry Opened Albuquerque Doors For Researcher

JEWELRY/From B1 printed out over 1,000 images,” he said. “We put them into different categories; wings up, wings down, green bird.”

And when he visited the pueblo, just north of Albuquerque, Sally would wear a piece of her jewelry as a conversation starter. “Women would come up to us and say ‘I remember my mother, my grandmother, making jewelry like that’,” he said.

The Indian curio trade started with railroad tourists in the 1870s, who wanted silver jewelry and native artifacts. “Before silver, it was all beadwork,” said Moore. “It isn’t until this point that we see a Navajo man learning silversmithing from a Hispanic man in New Mexico.”

In the 1880s, Fred Harvey built a restaurant and hotel next to one of the Arizona train stations, and built several more like it every 100 miles across the state. “It was the first chain restau-

rant,” said Moore. “And he put an Indian store in every one of his hotels.”

And when the automobile became popular, a man named Maurice Maisel opened a trading post along Route 66 in Albuquerque, N.M., employing as many as 70 jewelers in his basement

workshop and while he did much of the designing himself. “We think of the old craftsmanship, but that wasn’t it,” said Moore. “So much of this jewelry was made in this way.”

As Moore began looking at historic postcards and catalogues, he began seeing trends, including the “tab” necklaces, with the first “Thunderbird” appearing in 1932. “This wasn’t the traditional jewelry the natives wore,” he said. “This was meant to be sold, usually for between 75 cents and $1.50.”

At the Santa Domingo Pueblo, women would make the jewelry from plastic silverware trays and colanders from Woolworth’s, worn vinyl records, gypsum beads and turquoise salvaged in the dead of night from long-abandoned mines.

“One woman told us about her mother soaking old car batteries in Please See JEWELRY,

Reflections, Ritual Libations At Cato Freedom Grave Evoke Emotions

FREEDOM/From B1 cal Association, and exemplified OCHA’s goal – to bring together local historical societies and town historians from throughout Otsego County who have been toiling in their own spheres with little regular communication with others in their field.

The gathering the other day was a case in point: Les Rathbun, a longtime stalwart in the Town of Middlefield Historical Association, was there. He is OCHA vice president. So was Virginia Schoradt, the New Lisbon town historian, who is an OCHA director at large. Sandy Tollerton, who returned to her native county, is treasurer of OCHA and also of the Exeter Historical Society; she recently joined the Richfield Springs Historical Society as well. Jim Mayne, who lives

near the Butternut Valley Cemetery – “next to the brick schoolhouse” – where Freedom is buried, is another OCHA director at large. Robin Phillips, who has repainted the four historical markers in the Town of Hartwick over the past couple of years, is another director at large. With non-profit status expected this fall, the decision was made on a first project: To install a state

historical marker at Cato Freedom’s gravesite in the rural cemetery a couple of miles north of here on Route 16. So far, $200 has been raised toward the $1,400 estimated cost, (which may be slightly less, since county Rep. – and local history buff – Dan Wilber, R-Burlington Flats, who lives nearby has offered his backhoe to assist in the effort.)

Donations may be sent to OCHA, P.O. Box 25, Hartwick NY 13348. The undertaking is a collaboration of OCHA, the USCTI and the NAACP, Oneonta chapter.

“The marker book started it,” said Deb Mackenzie of Hartwick, the energetic OCHA president who succeeded the equally energetic Anna Buell of Hoboken, that former hops center on this side of Unadilla Creek from New Berlin.

She was referring to “Historical Markers of Otsego County and Their Locations,” a project she spearheaded that resulted in the booklet’s publication in 2015. Since a flurry of markers was erected in the 1930s at the initiative of the state Education Department, relatively few – one at Pathfinder Village near Edmeston, for instance – have appeared.

But that may be changing, with the Pomeroy Foundation of Syracuse expanding its service area to provide grants statewide, paying for the Village of Gilbertsville’s marker to be erected in 2014.

Local associations – Fly Creek’s and Laurens’ among them – are conducting the basic research the markers required. And interested individuals – Bruce Shipman of Richfield Springs, seeking a marker for ancestor David Shipman, Fenimore Cooper’s model for the Leatherstocking, at his burial site in Toddsville – are pursuing other efforts.

The well-tended Cato Freedom gravestone, in a family plot with a half-dozen stones marking the resting place of his descendants, is often visited. Bradshaw, in hosting conferences at the USCTI in Oneonta, often will bring tour groups here, some of which will perform a “libation,” an African ritual of pouring water in homage to ancestors.

“People get very emotional,” said the professor. “It’s very meaningful to them.”

Matthews said he was alerted to the Cato Freedom story soon after arriving at Hartwick College in the 1990s by Delhi Town Historian Shirley Houck, who passed away in 2013. Houck, Cooperstown Village Historian Hugh MacDougall and Butternuts

‘Every

Town Historian Lee Eckmair collaborated with Matthews on the early research.

Otsego Town Historian Tom Heitz has been particularly helpful in this latest effort, Mackenzie said.

Inevitably, perhaps, Cato Freedom’s story is something of a mystery. The researchers were assisted early on by the work of local DAR chapters, which compiled records of all local soldiers who served in the Revolution.

An 1818 veteran’s affidavit filed at Cooperstown attested Freedom was born in Africa, and served in the Third Regiment of the Connecticut Line during the war, commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb, who was under the command of Gen. Ebenezer Huntington.

The research also showed the name on the gravestone – “Cato Freeman” – was mistranscribed, and history regained his accurate name, “Cato Freedom.”

This story is just one of many associated with freed blacks and the Underground Railroad, from a mother and her children in Oneonta, to Hartwick Seminary – the college’s predecessor – and the role it played in the abolition movement, as well as Joe Tom and other early black buried in the Christ Church graveyard in Cooperstown.

This has Matthews working on Otsego County’s Freedom Journey Trail, and he hopes to have a brochure ready for the public by this fall – perhaps in time for the dedication of the Cato Freedom Historical Marker.

Family Made Different Designs’

JEWELRY/From B2

soda water and heating them in the oven; they’d stink up the whole house,” he said. “Then the men would cut them apart with carpet knives, hacksaws, anything that cut. The whole family got involved.”

“A friend told us that before she could go out on Friday night, her dad would hand her a coffee can full of nuggets to drill,” said Sally. “They were using very primitive, traditional tools. The pueblo didn’t get electricity until the 1960s.”

And after the women made the items, the men would take them to sell at the trading posts, using the money to buy more supplies.

“One woman remembered her mother

making 100 for one trader, another told us about an order for 150,” he said. “And every family made different designs. That’s how we get the upwing birds, the downwing birds, the songbirds.”

Though originally sold for cheap, the jewelry now fetches $300 to $600 on eBay. Moore published his findings, and later this year, an exhibit of Thunderbird jewelry will be shown in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., the first time Williamsburg has shown a collection devoted to Native works.

“It’s given pride to these families,” said Moore of the craft. “And some of them are even starting to remake these old patterns. One family still had the templates they used to use.”

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foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361

TO THE ABOVE

NAMED

EFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

Lot: 3.01

NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION

The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated JANUARY 22, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows:

PARCEL NUMBER ONE

and easements given by Catherine Delaplain Sippel to New York Telephone Company and Harry A. and Clarinda Bennett to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation.

PARCEL NUMBER TWO

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 20150837

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT –COUNTY OF OTSEGO BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNER SERVICE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; DONIELLE BRADLEY; SCOTT A. BRADLEY; CHRISTINE BELLINGER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to 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 payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

That this action is being amended to include DONIELLE BRADLEY, SCOTT A. BRADLEY AND CHRISTINE BELLINGER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: DECEMBER 23, 2015

Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O.

Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614

Telephone No. (585) 232-7400

Section: 16.00

Block: 1 Lot: 3.02

AND

Section: 16.00

Block: 1

“All That Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point marking the intersection of the centerline of New York State Route #80 and the intersection of the Springfield Town Road, commonly known and designed as “Willsey Hill Road”, and running thence along the centerline of said Willsey Hill Road in a generally easterly direction 654+ feet to a point in the centerline of said road opposite a fence post; running thence in a generally southwesterly direction along a fence line and through the remaining lands of Waldman 643+ feet to an oak stake marking the southeast corner of the premises hereby conveyed; running thence in a generally west-northwesterly direction through the remaining lands of Waldman and through a 14” cedar tree 660+ feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route #80; running thence in a generally in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of New York State Route #80 490+ feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 8 ½ acres of land more or less by estimation.

“The aforedescribed parcel of land is a portion of the premises conveyed by Catherine D. Sippel to Ira Waldman in a Warranty Deed dated October 15, 1976, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on October 15, 1976, in Liber 651 of Deeds at Page 927.

“The aforedescribed premises are conveyed subject to the rights of the public in and to New York State Route No. 80 and Town of Springfield Road known as “Willsey Hill Road”, and are further subject to all rights of way, easements and other encumbrances affecting the premises which may be discovered by an inspection of the premises or of the records of the Clerk of the County of Ostego, including, but not limited to, the rights of way

All that tract or parcel of land situate on New York State Route 80 in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of New York State Route 80 which point or place of beginning marks the northwesterly corner of the premises herein described, and which point is located approximately 477 feet southwesterly as measured along the centerline of New York State 80 from the intersection of Koenig Road and New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point or place of beginning south 62° 55’ 26” east through an iron rod set in the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80, 682.44 feet to an iron rod marking the northeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence south 47° 49’ 20” west 489.31 feet to an iron rod marking the southeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence north 63° 25’ 26” west 603.90 feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route 80 and passing through an iron pipe located along the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point in the centerline in a northeasterly direction approximately 465 feet more or less, to the point or place of beginning, containing 5.08 acres of land. Premises known as 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361 4LeagalMay5

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Otsego

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Action to Foreclose a Mortgage

Index #: 2015-30

Mortgaged Premises: 89 Main Street Schenevus, NY 12155

SBL #: 230.19 - 1 - 36.00

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff vs William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such

deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; 89 Main Street Apartments LLC, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, People of the State of New York, United States of America Acting Through the IRS, John Doe (being fictitious, the names unknown to Plaintiff intended to be tenants, occupants, persons or corporations having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the property described in the complaint or their heirs at law, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors.)

Defendant(s)

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To the above named Defendant:

You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie.

Trial to be held in the County of Otsego.

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

To: William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier Defendant in this Action.

The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of Hon. Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Fourteenth day of March, 2016 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, in the City of Cooperstown.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by William Dorvillier dated the May 21, 2007, to secure the sum of $121,500.00 and recorded at Book 1523 of Mortgages at Page 773 in the Office of the Otsego County Clerk, on the June 1, 2007.

The property in question is described as follows: 89 MAIN

STREET, SCHENEVUS, NY 12155

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

DATED: March 28, 2016

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.

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Public Notice is hereby given under Section 182 NYS Lien Law, that property described as contents of storage unit will be sold at public auction at 12:00 NOON on April 23, 2016 at Southside Self Storage, 7352 State Hwy. 23, Oneonta, NY. The sale of such property is to satisfy the lien of Southside Self Storage on property stored for the accounts of :

Unit B1 James Christian

Unit B6 Richard & Robin Tenace

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Notice By Publication of Formation of Limited Liability Company

Cohn Media Group LLC filed articles of organization with the Department of State on April 5, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The street address of the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The registered agent is Christopher Cohn, 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland,

NY 12116, and the registered agent is to be the agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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LegaL notice

GRECO ROMAN LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/11/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 286116, NewYork, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF ] FORMATION OF Byler Brothers Construction, LLC

Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on March 22, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2168 U.S. Highway 20, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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MDM Dolan, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/16. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O David Dolan, 174 Main St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: General.

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Notice of formation of DOLEZEL HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secreatry of State on February 5, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego Country. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to: The LLC, 42 Covar Lane, Otego, NY, 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engae in any lawful act or activity.

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TROIX REALTY GROUP, LLC

Notice of formation of Troix Realty Group, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 2/26/16. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate the real property, including the property located at 157 First Street, in Troy, New York

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO

Friday, April 15

DECORATIVE ARTS -- 2 p.m.10 p.m. (also 9 a.m.-10 p.m. April 16 & 9 a.m.-noon April 17). Free public exhibition and demos at Historical Society of Early American Decoration’s 70th anniversary “Coming Home” conference.

2 p.m. Friday appearance by Ken Farmer, of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.” Ticketed dinner banquet with British decorative art expert Yvonne M. Jones. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info,

tickets, (607) 547-5667 or info@ hsead.org ART WORKSHOP -- 3:15-5 p.m. “Early Mother’s Day Bouquet” art workshop for kids. $25 members; $30 nonmembers. All welcome. Materials included. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com FABULOUS FRIDAY -- 5:30-8

p.m. Part of Friday series along Main St., Oneonta. Art Walk starts at 97 Main. (Unveiling of 3rd mural at Oneonta History Center postponed till May 20, but

center open, seeking donations for 150th anniversary. Info, www. oneontahistory.org/donate PORK DINNER -- 6 p.m. (one seating only) Roast pork dinner. By donation; takeouts at 5:45 p.m.; res. required at (607) 547-9093 or (607) 264-8042. Middlefield Baptist Church, Rezen Rd., Middlefield.

THEATER -- 6 p.m. Cooperstown PTA and CFEE fundraiser “Seussical the Musical,” put on by Theatreworks USA. Tickets $5 (max of $20 per family). Cooperstown Jr/Sr High, 39 Linden St., Cooperstown.

BALLET -- 7 p.m. (also 7 p.m. April 16). Decker School of Ballet presents annual recital: “Le Jar-

AllOTSEGO. opportunities

Visitor’s Center Job Fair

hiring all positions servers bartenders host/hostess prep cooks dishwashers line cooks store associates tour/tasting apply in person on Monday april 18, noon to 5 pM at oMMegang’s visitor’s center 656 county highway 33, cooperstown, ny for More inforMation, contact jason at 607-544-1800, ext 847, or j.weiner@oMMegang.coM

din Anime and C’est La Vie.” $15 ($10 students & seniors) at door.

Oneonta High auditorium, 130 East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6290. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Oneonta Concert Association presents The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Six strings play works by Romantic composers. Tickets $25 ($6 students). First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation. org.

THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m.

April 16 & 2 p.m. April 17). Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be for under age 13.) Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac. org

Saturday,

April 16

HISTORICAL ARTS -- 9 a.m.-10 p.m. (also 9 a.m.-noon April 17). Free public exhibition and demos at Historical Society of Early

American Decoration’s 70th anniversary “Coming Home” conference. Sat. tours include items from The American Folk Art Museum in NYC. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Schedule, tickets, at (607) 547-5667 or info@hsead.org HOLISTIC FAIR -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (also April 17). SHIFT NY Holistic & Spiritual Arts Fair. Free workshops, also vendors. $6 advance/$8 door for 1 day; $10/$12 both days. Holiday Inn, 5206 Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Info, www.SHIFTNewYork.com

Secondary Pr I nc IPa L

The Cooperstown Central School District is seeking a highly qualified secondary educational leader for the position of Secondary Principal, to provide leadership and oversight of the 7-12 Junior/Senior High School Building effective July 1, 2016.

A competitive salary and benefit package will be offered to the successful candidate. NYS School Building Leader or School Administrator/Supervisor certification required. Training as Evaluator of Teachers preferred. EOE. www.cooperstowncs.org

Qualified individuals are encouraged to submit a letter of interest, resumé, copies of certification, college placement folder with letters of reference and completed district application by May 9, 2016 to: Mr. Michael Virgil, Interim Superintendent, 39 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Come Join Our Bank Happy Team!

Teller-Milford

Administrative Secretary

This full-time Teller position is located in Milford, NY. Major responsibilities include

exceptional customer service, handling cash accurately, meeting customers’ financial needs, and promoting bank products and services. Qualifications for this position include a

diploma or equivalent, excellent communication skills, accuracy, and basic math skills. Prior cash handling and customer service preferred.

Teller-Cooperstown

This full-time Teller position is located in Cooperstown, NY. Major responsibilities include providing exceptional customer service, handling cash accurately, meeting customers’ financial needs, and promoting bank products and services. Qualifications for this position include a high school diploma or equivalent, excellent communication skills, accuracy, and basic math skills. Prior cash handling and customer service preferred.

Teller-Various locations centered in Sidney

This full-time floating Teller position is based out of Sidney, NY. Major responsibilities include providing exceptional customer service, handling cash accurately, meeting customers’ financial needs, and promoting bank products and services at various office locations throughout the Central Region. Qualifications for this position include a high school diploma or equivalent, excellent communication skills, accuracy, and basic math skills. Reliable transportation is required. Prior cash handling and customer service preferred.

Facilities Specialist-Oneonta

This full-time Facilities Specialist position is located in Oneonta, NY. Major responsibilities include providing exceptional customer service and performing various maintenance repairs and preventative maintenance tasks for electrical, plumbing, lighting, and HVAC systems throughout the organization.

Educational qualifications for this position include a High School Diploma (or equivalent); an Associate’s Degree in an electrical or related field is preferred. Applicants must have a minimum of five years in facilities maintenance or construction, including the ability to perform routine repairs to heating, air conditioning, lighting, and electrical and plumbing systems. Other qualifications required are strong carpentry, electrical, and plumbing skills; no fear of heights; ability to work effectively in a team environment and multi-task in a fast paced environment; and ability to work independently and remain on task. To be considered applicants must have a valid driver’s license as travel to different locations is necessary as needed. May be required to lift 100 pounds as well as perform laborer functions such as climbing and shoveling.

LEGALS

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LUNDIN CHRISTMAS TREES LLC, Articles of Org. filed N.Y. Sec. of State (SSNY) 18th day of February, 2016. Office in Otsego Co. at 12 Forster

ary 23, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the Company is One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. The purpose of the Company is to serve as a lead entity for the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program and any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under §203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. 6LegalApril14

Street, Otego, New York 13825. SSNY desig. agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 12 Forster Street, Otego, New York 13825. Reg. Agt. upon whom process may be served: Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., P.C. 1 Maiden Lane, NYC 10038 1 800 576-1100 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApril21

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Notice of Formation of ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MONETARY SERVICES, , LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed

with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/15. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalApril21

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BLUEBIRD HOMES, LLC

Notice of formation of Bluebird Homes, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles

of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 3/11/16. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate real property, including the property located at 59 Elm Street, in the Village of Cooperstown, New York.

LegaL notice

SEELEYS ALL SEASON SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/03/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY 13733. Reg Agent: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY

OBITUARIES

John Sadlon, 96; Richfield Springs Business, Civic Leader

RICHFIELD SPRINGS

– John Sadlon, 96, a World War II veteran who operated a real-estate and insurance business here for decades, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his home, with his loving family at his side.

He was born May 29, 1919, in Little Falls, son of the late John and Anna (Martin) Sadlon; as a young boy his family moved to Richfield Springs. He was a graduate of Richfield Springs Central School. Upon graduating, he served in the Air Force during World War II and was commissioned second lieutenant senior flight surgeon at Big Spring, Texas. On Nov. 12, 1949, he was united in marriage with Mary Hrynda in Little Falls. They shared a loving and

devoted union of 67 years. They settled in Richfield Springs where they raised a family.

The Sadlons also established a real-estate and insurance business. John had served on the state Assessors Association and was a VA Appraiser He also served as chairman of the Otsego County Democratic Committee. He was a member of the American Legion Post #616, Richfield Springs, Richfield Springs Lions Club and the Richfield Springs Lodge #482 Free & Accepted Masons. In his leisure time,

he enjoyed traveling with his family, spending winters in Florida and was an avid golfer. John will be remembered as a happy, caring gentleman who was kind to all. He will be truly missed by his loving wife, family and many friends. Surviving are his wife, Mary (Hrynda) Sadlon; son Ronald Sadlon and his dear friend Maureen Clark; two daughters, Cheryl Soule and her husband Richard, Jeanne O’Brien and her husband Bill. Along with his children he leaves eight grandchildren; Jeremy O’Brien and his wife Suzanne, Bryant Soule, John Soule, Mitchel Sadlon, Jacelyn Kelly and her husband Ryan, Kayla Saldon, Cassie and Carly Sadlon, three great-grandchildren, Lauren Soule,

Robert Hutchins, 55; Lived At Willowbrook

MILFORD – Robert Hutchins, 55, who moved to Upstate New York as part of the Willowbrook Exodus Program, passed away on April 6, 2016. He was born on Oct. 23, 1961, in Brooklyn, to a 14year-old. Robert never left the hospital. He was placed in Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities, where he lived until 1975. He was moved to a family care home in Binghamton area as a part of the Willowbrook Exodus Program. Robert had issues adjusting to living in a family after having spent the first 14 years of his life in an understaffed and overpopulated institution.

Seven months later was transferred to the Broome Developmental Center to The Arc Otsego Residential program in 1987 where he resided as one of twelve individuals at the Jefferson Avenue home. In 2009 he moved into a country setting with three other housemates at the Burdick IRA. He attended both the Oneonta Day Services program and the Hartwick Day program. Robert was a dapper man. He loved to wear his fedora and neckties. He had a captivating smile. He loved ice cream, pumpkin pie, fishing and living in his country home. Music and his guitar were important to Robert. He loved to watch birds. His

house and yard were filled with birdfeeders to keep Robert entertained. He loved to sit on the deck, watch the birds and feel the warm sun on his skin.

All of those people who were touched by Robert’s life will miss him dearly. There will be a Celebration of Life at a future time to be determined. Contact The Arc Otsego (607-432-8595) for details.

Remembrances can be made to The Arc Otsego, Helping Hands Fund, PO Box 490, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, Oneonta.

Donald Huestis, 68; Town Of Otsego Mechanic

OAKSVILLE – Donald William Huestis, 68, a mechanic with the Otsego Highway Department, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016, in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He was born on Nov. 22, 1947, in Ilion, son of the late Charles Sr. and Frances Vroman Huestis.

Donald was a graduate of Cooperstown High School. He was employed by the Otsego Highway Department as a mechanic. Donald is survived by his devoted wife of 40 years, Pauline; son, Michael Huestis and his wife, Sara of Hartwick; daughter,

Jessica Nickol and her husband, Eric of Milford; two brothers, Charles Huestis Jr. and his wife, Rose and Robert Huestis, all of Hartwick; one sister, Elaine Stergus and her husband, Donald of Portlandville; seven grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

At the request of Mr. Huestis, funeral services and interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.

Aubrianna and Ali Gage along with several nieces and a nephew.

Calling hours are 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs. A service of the burial of the dead from the Book of Common Prayer was held Tuesday, April 12 at the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, with Father John Dixon Bartle, rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in Lakeview Cemetery at a later date.

Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the Friends of Bassett.

Arrangements are entrusted to the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home.

Home improvement

HD OPERA -- 11:30 a.m. doors; noon discussion with Glimmerglass Fest members; 12:55 p.m. live broadcast from Metropolitan Opera of “Roberto Devereux: Unrequited Love and Politics in Elizabeth I’s England.” Food by Soda Jerks available noon through intermission. Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www. foothillspac.org TITANIC DINNER -- 4-7 p.m. Annual church fundraiser featuring menu from the luxury ship “Titanic,” including vegetable soup, beef stew, breads with cheese & jam, desserts, fruit. Dress up for 1912! Adults $15. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478401 or (607) 547-8151.

BALLET -- 7 p.m. Decker School of Ballet presents recital “Le Jardin Anime and C’est La Vie.” $15 ($10 students & seniors) at door. Oneonta High auditorium, 130 East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6290.

CONCERT -- 8 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.) American Idol Farewell Season alum and Hartwick College alum Drew Angus performs new music and talks about The Idol experience. Laura’s Cafe, Dewar Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.drewangus.com

THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 2 p.m. April 17). Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be for under age 13.) Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Sunday, April 17

DECORATIVE ARTS -- 9 a.m.-

noon. Free public exhibition and demos at Historical Society of Early American Decoration’s 70th anniversary “Coming Home” conference. Program by Shirlee Rathbone, president of Fly Creek

Historical Society, on North Family Tin Shop. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5667 or info@hsead.

org

HOLISTIC FAIR -- 10 a.m.-5

p.m. SHIFT NY Holistic & Spiritual Arts Fair. Free workshops, also vendors. $6 advance; $8 door for 1 day; $10/$12 both days. Holiday Inn, 5206 Hwy. 23, Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-2089 or www. SHIFTNewYork.com

SADD RUN/WALK -- 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Annual 5k event benefits Students Against Destructive Decisions. Race start 1 p.m. Register 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for $23 (race rain or shine, no dogs or earphones; strollers okay). Health fair, fun activities 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Oneonta High gym, 130 East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 547-4271.

BOWL-A-THON -- 1-4 p.m. Annual fundraiser to benefit Arc Otsego’s Helping Hands Fund. Door prizes, moonlight glow bowl, 50/50 raffle. Register as individual or team. Holiday Lanes, Rte. 23, Oneonta. Info, sponsor forms at www.arcotsego.org

HISTORY TALK -- 2 p.m. Tony Opalka of the NYS Historic Preservation Office presents “The First Karaoke Machine? The History of the Player Piano and Popular Music of the 20th Century.” Free. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org

AUTHOR VISIT -- 2 p.m. “Big Chuck” D’Imperio presents stories from his book, “The Unknown Museums of Upstate New York...” in a benefit for West Kortright Center; $10 suggested at door. Attendees welcome to arrive early and picnic. Meet & greet after. WKC, 49 W. Kortright Rd., East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5454, or www.westkc.org. THEATER -- 2 p.m. Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” $15 adults; $12 students/ seniors; $10 under age 12 (some material may not be for kids under 13). Foothills Production Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org LIBRARY PROGRAM – 3 p.m. Free talk “Reducing Our Carbon Footprint One Bag of Garbage at a Time,” with Bob Sutherland, manager of Mohican Farm. Village Library, downstairs, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 434-3418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org

CANDIDATE MEET -- 6-8 p.m. Meet NY Dist. 19 Democratic candidate for Congress Will Yandik, 4th-generation farmer, journalist and teacher aiming to “deliver for Upstate.” Free; cash bar & hors d’oeuvres. $50 suggested contribution. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. RSVP to melindaghardin@gmail.com. Info, www.will4congress.com