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t the volunteers’ request, the Village Board has given permission for the Think Rink Advocates to man the skate shack, flood the rink and otherwise assist village employees at Badger Park. The trustees acted after Think Rink volunteers led by John Odell and Colette Tangel, spoke at Village Board Monday, Jan. 25. Permission to actually operate village snow-removal equipment was delayed so the matter could be checked with the vilage’s insurance carrier. FUTURE IS TODAY: Village offices now have the technology to accept water and sewer bill payments by phone or credit card. SAY THANKS: The nomination deadline for the Otsego County Office for the Aging annual recognition awards is Monday, Feb. 1. Nominees are volunteers 60 and over who have contributed to wellbeing of the senior community. For form, call 547-4232.
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Long-time paid-parking foe Joan Clark told trustees Monday, Jan. 25, she had asked businesspeople to join her in expressing their disapproval, but they replied, “What’s the point?” Behind her are Cooperstown Chamber Executive Director Matt Hazzard and his assistant, Hannah Bergene.
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nstead of adding Pay & Display machines to new streets this year, the Village Board Monday, Jan. 25, voted to extend the on-street paid parking season from Labor Day Weekend to TO REVIEW details of Columbus the Village of CooDay Weekperstown’s proposed end. parking study, see After link at running into www.AllOTSEGO.com opposition last year when trying to expand paid parking on residential streets beyond the business district, the trustees also voted to fund a $15,000-$20,000 study to help them decide what to do next. In an interview, Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Streets Committee, said the goal is two-fold: “There are clearly two interrelated issues: One has to do with paid parking and revenue; the other seems to be that, it seems, we have a shortage of parking.” The trustees voted to issue an RFP (request for proposals) from parking consultants. A “pre-bid meeting” is planned Feb. 22 at Village Hall to clarify any questions about what’s Please See STUDY, A3
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ing 68 percent of respondents believe extending paid parking to Columbus Day would damage their businesses. But by the time the trustees were through they not only had picked apart Hazzard’s data, but pointedly told him that businesspeople are only one of their constituencies, and, in itself, not one
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aying the Village of Cooperstown “is much different than it was four years ago,” Mayor Jeff Katz accepted the Democratic nomination for a third term at the party’s official caucus Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Village Hall meeting room. Since the Republicans missed the caucus Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal filing deadline, Katz will run unopposed, as Trustee candidates Sternberg and will incumbent Trustees Bruce Maxson and Maxson and Mayor Katz fill out Please See ELECTIONS, A3 forms making candidacies official.
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Consultant To Help Chart Paid-Parking Future Katz, Maxson, Sternberg STUDY/From A1 being sought, with the consultant being chosen in March. The study would address long-standing concerns about Bassett Hospital and Otesaga employees parking on village streets, look into residential permitting, and perhaps even suggest how a parking garage might fit into any long-term solution, Falk said. “We hope they make recommendations that provide a positive financial picture,” she continued. “But we also hope they make recommendations that help us resolve the parking issues that were in place long before paid parking,” which was imple-
mented in the Doubleday Field lot in 2008 and expanded to streets in 2012. According to Mayor Jeff Katz, the idea is to have the results of the study in hand by October to help guide the trustees in deciding what changes to make during the 2017 paid-parking season. “We don’t want them to come back and say: ‘Build a parking garage, that’s the answer’,” said Katz. If the consultants do, he hopes they will provide guidance on “public-private partnerships” and other means to make such an undertaking affordable. The 10-page RFP outlines three “tasks” that include “deliverables.”
• Task One is “inventory,” with the goal of counting the number of parking spaces in the village, which are paid parking and for how long, which are not, and to create a map so the overall picture can be easily understood. • Task Two is “current usage,” with a written analysis of the situation block by block, identifying periods of peak demand and minimal utilization. • Task Three is “recommendations,” including time limits in various zones, what to do about Bassett and Otesaga parking, how to maximize revenue with minimum impact, what to do about parking for boat trailers, what to do on narrow streets
like Walnut, Susquehanna and Beaver, and whether to increase “peripheral lots.” This section would also include recommendations for “residential permits,” which are being considered for the residential streets around the business district – Lake, River, Fair and the like – where some homes don’t have driveways and on-street parking is taken up by tourists. Such a system would have to be approved by the state Legislature, and Falk has cautioned in the past that such a request shouldn’t be made until the trustees have thought through what will work best and reached a consensus.
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The county Republican ELECTIONS/From A1 chair, Vince Casale, hasn’t Richard Sternberg, who returned any calls on the were also nominated for a matter. If there is no village second term and first full chair, the county chair fills term respectively before that role. an applauding crowd of 30 At the caucus, Casale’s partisans. Democratic counterpart, The only possibility for Richard Abbate, recalled contested races would be that when he became counindependent bids, with ty chair, the only Democrats candidates obtaining 50 on the seven-person Vilsignatures on petitions and lage Board were Katz and submitting them to Village Lynn Mebust. Today, there Clerk Teri Barown by 5 are no Republicans on the p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Village Board, although The election will be Trustees Lou Allstadt and noon-9 p.m. Tuesday, Maxson have sought crossMarch 15. endorsement in the past. The failure of the local Katz, a retired trader on GOP to even hold a cauthe Chicago Mercantile cus is the fifth year it has been unable to field a slate, Exchange and author of two baseball books, pushed for beginning when incumbent paid-parking and has used mayor Joe Booan declined to run again in 2012, giving $380,000 in new revenues to repair streets and other Katz an open field. infrastructure. The one exception was unreasonable extension.” Maxson, the county the candidacy of John Bruce Maxson said, “As a Sansevere, who showed up public defender, chairs the board, we represent everyat the GOP caucus last year board’s Doubleday Field body in the village,” not just and offered to run. He lost Committee. Sternberg, a rethe business community. cently retired Bassett physito Democratic incumbents “There are other voices we cian, was appointed trustee Cindy Falk and Jim Dean, need to listen to as well.” by Katz in December when but serves on the village Said Jim Dean, “If we Joan Nichols resigned. Planning Board. were a corporation and we said we would maximize profits, there would be a parade.” Cindy Falk called descriptions about the extent of opposition to the season extension “anecdotal,” noting, “It’s hard for me, based on 38 responses, not to act on this.” Both Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Katz disagreed with the criticism that the board “doesn’t listen.” “Bottom line, this board does listen,” said Tillapaugh. She continued, “The village has had zero tax increases since 2013,” and she credited it to paid-parkSunday, January 31 · 11 am to 2 pm ing revenues. 36 Susquehanna Avenue, Cooperstown “We are approachable,” Beautiful, well maintained home in the village of Cooperstown Katz insisted. “But ‘listening’ and ‘agreeing’ are two Tara C. Wingate, Licensed Real Estate Agent different words.” Cornerstone Properties 315-868-4873
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The Village Board does listen, Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch insisted, and Mayor Jeff Katz agreed.
It was pointed out the 68 percent of respondents only represents 38 individuals, and that was only about 10 percent of the more than 300 chamber members. Hazzard also argued that extending paid parking into the fall was in “direct contradiction” to the expressed goal of expanding tourism
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For Now – If Not Forever – Village’s Stilled Political Debate OK
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rt and architecture follow the arc of archaic, classical, baroque – and, finally, goodness gracious, rococo. And the same applies to civilizations, even subsections like municipalities. The Village of Cooperstown is about to enter another election season with no contested races, as the local GOP again failed to make an appearance. Candidates can still run as independents – a 50-signature petition is needed by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Village Clerk Teri Barown has the particulars. That could be a heavy lift this year, but go for it. • This space has been consistently supportive of competitive politics, despite misty-eyed nostalgia in Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal some Cooperstown sectors about The Cooperstown Village Board, includes, counter-clockwise from left, Trustees Ellen the good ol’ days of the Unity Tillapaugh Kuch, Cindy Falk, Jim Dean, Bruce Maxson, Lou Allstadt and Richard Sternberg; Village Clerk Teri Barown, Mayor Jeff Katz and Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh. Ticket, when the good ol’ boys decided who would be mayor, • With Otsego Now, a comprethe 50-year-old sewage-treatment ily track the village portfolio. rotating back and forth between hensive plan revision is threeplant that is periodically emitting Rich McCaffery’s Adopt a HyRepublicans and Democrats. quarters done, seeking, among sub-par water into the headwaters drant program and the Think Rink That perpetual political honeyother things, to craft a businessof one of America’s great rivers. volunteer effort to maintain the moon came abruptly to a halt in development plan for a half-dozen Not sexy, but essential. A period Badger Park ice are examples of 1978 – 38 village elections ago “nodes,” from under-performing of calm has created a base of resurgent volunteerism. – when Democrat Jerry Clark and Railroad Avenue to the waterfront. knowledge on how to get it done. In total, there’s much to be Republican Bill Zoeller vied for • Investment of $380,000 in Many other innovations are in satisfied about. Cooperstown’s highest office. new paid-parking revenues in the offing. • Somehow, the village survived repaving a record nine streets Trustee Lou Allstadt continues Inevitably, as with monopoly in more than three decades of eleclast summer, plus a rethinking of to press ahead on renovation of the industry, single-party government toral contests until the coronations the Chestnut-Main intersection historic Village Hall at 22 Main gang aft agley, as the poet had it. of the past few years. to reopen upper Main Street to and the creation of a multi-municiThe current Village Board might For now, that’s OK. With the shoppers. The worst – felling of pality solar farm. not want to hear it, but it was the political wars behind them for 39 trees – is past, and a good Main New Treasurer Derek BloomRepublican young turks – Eric now, the current Village Board is Street redo will just get better. field has been working with RBC Hage, Joe Booan, Jim Potts, Matt getting down to some important • A long view reigns, with focus Wealth Management on a unified Schuermann and the rest – who pieces of business. Some exon a multi-million rebuilding of report that helps trustees more eas- shook up Village Hall’s complaamples:
cency a half dozen years ago with a reform agenda. Resurgent young Democrats fought back but, once victorious, instituted many of the changes the Hage-Booan claque had championed. Remember how determined Democrats were that nothing needed changing in the Village Treasurer’s Office? Since gaining control, virtually all the suggested reforms have happened. That competitive politics is to be desired is to take nothing away from the current mayor and trustees. They’ve been tough in the pursuit of what they believed a financially challenged and increasingly dog-eared village needed, and are leveraging the Cooperstown brand to great effect. Well done. Village government is not completely unanimous. Former GOP mayoral candidate John Sansevere has been a useful foil on the village Planning Board. Trustee Jim Dean is something of an independent voice on the Village Board. And if an independent candidate wants to run in the Tuesday, March 15, elections, fine. But, if the electorate chooses to paraphrase young St. Augustine’s reflection on chastity – Lord, give us vigorous political debate, but not yet – that’s OK shortterm. The one-party reality is, for now, a chance to get things done that need doing. The Village Board, in its classical phase, is doing great. It will eventually and inevitably become baroque and, then, when new voices need to be heard, they will be.
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Otsego County Can Erase Role In Global Warming Editor’s Note: Paula DiPerna of Cooperstown serves as special adviser to CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, and is a global policy consultant on climate change, carbon markets and environmental finance. Locally, she ran for Congress in 1992 against U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, who represented Otsego County.
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s 2016 begins, do we have at hand a true turning point for environmental and economic policy? The international agreement reached unanimously at the Paris Climate Summit in December 2015 would suggest that is so. At the meeting, COP-21, the 21st conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, nearly every nation on earth submitted its own
customized plan to address climate change – more than 150 different pathways to a “carbon diet,” i.e., reduce use and waste of fossil fuels, so as to in turn reduce the greenhouse gases that are emitted when fossil fuels are burned and that build up in the atmosphere causing climate change. The Conference center was abuzz with promise, as I walked around a rambling collection of temporary buildings straddling an internal boulevard. Midnight oil burned in the plenary halls, the media center overflowed with busy journalists from every corner of the earth; and delectable aromas of the culinary delights of many cultures floated in the air. The enterprise ticked along perfectly – the French government had spared no detail of hospitality or practicality. And the stakes were momentous.
Paula DiPerna pauses from the hub-bub of December’s global warming conference in Paris.
National leaders had called significant attention to their ambitions for Paris and the undercurrent was political, rife with the same trade-offs, dynamics and
posturing that accompanies all other kinds of international agreements. What made Paris different was that there was no place to hide – the eyes of the world were watching, because stemming climate change has become a global public cause. The Paris Agreement is also a cultural victory, for despite the tedious nature of UN discourse, the UN remains the only body in the world where a sense of responsibility to future generations for all cultures can flourish. All nations vote equally, all cultures are visible, countless languages are spoken and accurate translation between them matters dramatically. Patience and courtesy also matter, and international friendships develop and linger. This new network of understanding can, we hope, continue
to serve as a reservoir of common interest to advance commitments made. It will be easy to quibble with the details of the agreement – a debate over a half full or empty glass. But, overall, the Paris agreement reset not only the political clocks, but the economic clocks as well. The unanimity of the Paris agreements sends a strong signal to the investor community that capital that flows away from high-carbon activities is on a wise course. That trend is inevitable, if nations do indeed intend to meet their terms of the national blueprints to which they committed in Paris. To cut emissions, nations will have to invest much more in energy efficiency. To stave off the worst effects of sea-level rise, Please See DiPERNA, B4
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Who is my neighbor? Not always he whose home and mine are one; nor he whose hands lie contiguous to mine. But he, who when chill penury besets me, (However remote his birth or dwelling place) supplies my wants. When famine sore assails, feeds from his table. If cold and houseless, invites me to his home. When thieves attack me, binds up my wounds. When sickness rages, bestows his “two pence,” to content my host. This is the man who I my neighbor call – the deeds that Heaven will smile on and approve. February 1, 1816
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lumber mill on Grove Street, shortly before one o’clock Saturday morning. Norton was sentenced Saturday morning to 30 days in the county jail on a vagrancy charge by Justice Vanderwerker. When his sentence is completed he will be arrested on a charge of arson and held for the grand jury. On the morning of January 22, a fire was discovered in the lumber sheds of John F. Brady on Grove Street in this village by Mrs. E.I. King. She at once called her husband who procured several pails of water and succeeded in putting out the fire. Mr. Kimg, Mr. Brady and others then made a careful search about the premises and found tracks leading across a vacant lot to the residence of A.S. Potts and thence to Chestnut Street. Officer Southworth was notified and afterwards placed Blake Norton under arrest upon complaint of Henry Schneider who said Norton was attempting to get into his barn at 3 a.m. His shoes matched the tracks. January 26, 1916
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One Day for Elections – By everyone who has the love of country and the pure exercise of the elective franchise at heart, the passage of Mr. Swackhammer’s resolutions requesting Congress to pass a law prescribing one and the same day for holding elections for President and Vice-President throughout the United States, must be warmly desired. Congress has the undoubted right to do so. The public mind has become justly alarmed in consequence of developments of frauds upon the ballot box, the assertion of some of the opposition to the contrary notwithstanding. If the elections in all of the States were held on the same day, it would not only prevent the possibility of hiring villains to travel from State to State for the purpose of defrauding by perjury the resident citizen, but it would cut off the influence that the election in one State might have upon a succeeding one in another; thus, candidates would be more likely to get a free and unbiased expression of the public will on their merits. February 1, 1841
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The District of Columbia Negro Voting Bill, a fortnight ago, was heralded as “a great conservative triumph” when the Republican caucus pronounced in favor of “qualified” instead of “universal” Negro suffrage. But, when the Bill came up in the House of Representatives, the caucus resolution was disregarded, and a straight-out unqualified Negro Suffrage Bill was passed. Congressman Raymond, the Bill’s sponsor, intimates that he is grieved with “the action of the Democratic minority.” He would have had the minority unite with the Republican minority in framing a “more conservative Negro Suffrage Bill. This is supremely ridiculous, for the Democratic minority were known to be opposed to the project in any and every shape. January 26, 1866
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Dr. Lynn Babcock of Norwich, known to many of our readers personally, and to others as a noted teacher of piano
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Fluoridation in the Courts – Over and over, the courts have held that fluoridation does not violate constitutional rights, is not “mass medication,” and does not violate religious or other fundamental freedoms. The courts have ruled that a reasonable relationship exists between fluoridation and public health and that the prevention of dental decay is a proper objective of community governments. January 26, 1966
25 YEARS AGO January 29, 1941 music and conductor of concerts, and as a dealer in musical instruments, belongs to a rare type of Americans. For years he has had no use of his lower limbs, and when he gets about, he moves only with the assistance of his body servant and a crutch; a sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism, he has not the free use of his arms and hands – and yet he still plays the piano with great skill and effect. In his condition, most men would retire from active life, and not a few would become despondent and taciturn. Not so with Dr. Babcock. Though now a man on the shady side of 50, he is full of energy and activity; is ever cheerful and entertaining, is a living rebuke to complainers and grumblers and doubtless, though unknown to himself, is an encouragement to other men of sound health and more favored in their ability to get about. January 30, 1891
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Blake Norton, 26 years of age, who has been employed as a carpenter in Cooperstown for several years has confessed to setting fire to the John F. Brady & Company
The CCS Redskins’ boys’ basketball squad clinched their seventh Center State Conference title in eight years with a 72-48 road victory over the Warriors of Morrisville-Eaton last Friday. The Redskins’ conference record is now 110 with games remaining against Sauquoit, Hamilton and Richfield Springs. The overall CCS record is now 16-1. That record includes two wins in the Utica Notre Dame Juggler Tourney over Brockport, 59-55 and Utica Notre Dame, 65-51. January 30, 1991
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A Love Letter to Our Library – We are the first to admit that we are unabashedly in love with Cooperstown’s Village Library. It is not just the stately building that sits so regally on Main Street. It is the big, heavy doors that lend even more import to the event of entering the library itself. It is the front porch and lawn that – like aging aunts and uncles – graciously permit children to climb and play on them during story time and ice cream socials. January 27, 2006
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Oddly Buried ‘Upirs’ Mystify Vampire Hunter Did Walking Dead Exist? No Matter, Scholar Finds Indications Polish Villagers Believed They Did Why would a sickle across its neck be pinning a skeleton in place? “bio-archaeologist” Tracy Betsinger wonders.
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eep in the basement of SUNY Oneonta’s Dennison Hall, in an office decorated with skeletons and skulls, is the office of Dr. Tracy K. Betsinger, Vampire Hunter. “A former colleague of mine, Amy Scott from the University of Manitoba, called me up and asked if I wanted to study a gravesite in Drawsko, Poland,”
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‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: A local cast performs the Tony-winning play about Englishman John Merrick, nicknamed “The Elephant Man” for his severe deformities. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday Jan. 29-30 & 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31. Tickets $15; seniors & students $12; under age 12 $10. Foothills (Production Center), 24 Market St., Oneonta. To reserve tickets, (607) 4346606. STRING BAND: Cooperstown Concert Series presents The Canal Street String Band. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Trio offers fiddle tunes, sea shanties, cowboy songs and more. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Tickets, info, (607) 547-1812. info@cooperstownconcertseries.org.
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Few Can Do Such Ornate Woodwork – With No Power Tools CRAFT/From B1 together in 2001. “We started out by doing kitchens,” he said. “Every time we did a job, we bought a new piece of equipment.” They did several kitchens in New York City, and word got around that they were good at what they did. “We’re trying to get people away from plastic, away from furniture you replace every six months. We build pieces that last.” In 2011, when a philanthropist donated $20 million to keep St. Brigid’s at Avenue B and Eighth from the wrecking ball, C&S was brought in to restore the 39
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former glory. “I bought a lathe so I could do curves by hand,” he said. “In some of the recesses, I hand-chiseled everything. That’s how they used to do it.” It’s a throwback to his days at the College of the Redwoods Fine Furniture in northern California. “They wouldn’t let you use sandpaper or power tools,” he said. “When you come out of a school like that, you can build anything.” In 2014, the St. Brigid’s project won a 2014 Lucy Moses Award, presented by the New York Landmarks Commission for outstanding landmark restoration.
They’ve also done windows for the Technicolor Townhouse at Gramercy Park, as well as doors, tabernacle cabinets and other cabinetry. “We do the work no one else wants to take the time to do,” he said. The St. Patrick’s project took 55,000 board feet of wood, cut into manageable pieces and laid out over a template of the original window. “We only use 50 percent of our wood,” he said. “The scraps get burned in our woodstove, and the sawdust is given to a local farmer for bedding.
The frame is then assembled over the pattern and fixed into place. “These windows are singlesided, so the glass will be glued in with a silicone glue,” he said, gesturing to one of the smaller recess windows. “Then the other piece of wood will be set in to put it all together.” Each window takes approximately three weeks to finish, and St. Patrick’s had 22 in all. “These will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people, they’ll be around long after we’re gone,” he said. “It makes me think of the people who made these originally. I want to do them justice.”
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Whether Vampires Were Real Or Not, People Believed They Were, Betsinger Found UPIRS/From B1 back as vampires,” she said. “They were buried with stones or sickles under their throats in case they came back to life. The sickles would cut off their heads if they tried to sit up, and the stones would prevent them from chewing through their burial cloths. The idea that they would bite and drink blood is the only thing that resembles what we think of when we think of vampires.” But these weren’t seductive aristocrats like Dracula or sparkly immortals like “Twilight” heartthrob Edward Cullen. “The word they used was ‘Upir,’ and it was an unhappy soul that would reanimate a corpse,” she said. “The vampire would then cause crop failure or sickness in the people or animals of the
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town. It was a scapegoat. The Upir actually had more in common with what we call zombies than with the Hollywood vampires.” Accounts of vampires began appearing in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the graves in Drawsko were from the 16th and 17th century. “Reports in England detail people seeing a dead man walking around, so they dug him up, put a stake through his heart and didn’t
see him after that,” she said. “What was different about these graves were that they were pre-emptive.” And, unlike the Hollywood vampires, who tend to be male, four of the six corpses were women. “It could be a variety of reasons,” she said. “Maybe they were suspected of witchcraft. They could have given birth out of wedlock. Maybe they committed suicide or had otherwise violated Christian doctrine.” One woman was buried with a sickle across her abdomen, as well as stones under her chin. “That may have been to prevent her from swelling up after drinking blood,” said Betsinger, who shared her research Thursday, Jan. 21, at featured speaker before a rapt meeting of Oneonta Rotarians.
The other two were a man between the ages of 35 and 44, and another skeleton of unknown gender determined to be between 12 and 15. Her initial theory was that perhaps the oddly buried corpses had been killed by a similar disease – cholera, perhaps – but tests of the bones proved inconclusive. “If it was cholera, that killed too quickly to get into the bone,” she said. Perhaps outsiders – strangers from elsewhere – were thus dispatched, and Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life the remains were subjected to isotopic analysis. “Analy- Tracy Betsinger may be the consummate scholar, sis of the bones showed that but she has some fun with her topic, too. they were villagers,” she volume on atypical burials. with prehistoric skeletons in said. “And I was so sure But she doesn’t plan on Tennessee.” that would be it! But I don’t returning to Poland any time She isn’t worried about think any of them were sussoon. “It was an accidenUpir coming back to haunt pected for the same thing.” tal foray, but I have other her. “I feel like they’re Betsinger and Scott have interests,” she said. “Lately happy that I’m telling their published several papers on stories,” she said. “I don’t the burial site, including one I’ve been studying fetal burials and health interests think they’ll bother me.” forthcoming in an edited
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Medallion Hunt prize. b. All contestants under the age of 18 must have permission of a parent or guardian to participate. c. All contestants agree that the Freeman’s Journal and the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, their advertisers and agents, and the Village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting in whole of, in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in contest. More Info: CooperstownCarnival.org
3. WHEN: Clues about the location will be published by the Freeman’s Journal for three weeks prior to Winter Carnival. a. When the medallion is found, the finder must immediately return it to the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee, by calling 607-282-2762. b. The winner will be required to execute and return a CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY and GENERAL RELEASE FORM within 14 days of notification. If winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or guardian. Non-compliance may result in disqualification.
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‘Carbon Diet’ Would Save Earth, Create More Economically Viable Otsego County DiPERNA/From A4 flooding and unexpected storms, significant investments will have to be made in improving and updating infrastructure. New lighter but superstrong materials will be increasingly needed; energy grids will have to be both decentralized and re-designed to accommodate solar and wind power. Roadways will have to become smarter; digital technologies will have to be embedded to monitor energy use more carefully; virtually all industrial processes will have to be updated and re-invented. In fact, the only way to meet these obligations will be if addressing climate change becomes the new global economic engine. Otsego County exemplifies this opportunity. In fact, if we adopted a coherent 20year plan to become climate resilient – meaning update all roads, power grids and digital broadband systems to withstand one-in-100-year storms, plus adopt a local “carbon diet” and plan to emit net zero – we would be the strongest more economically viable County in the state, if not the nation. What would this mean? We could start “Otsego Net Neutral” on a voluntary basis, and those who wish to join would sum up our direct and indirect annual emissions – fuel we burn, miles we drive, electricity we use; easy formulas exist – to create our individual baseline. Then we would correct for double count-
ing, and each person would sign a good faith contract to reduce that baseline by a certain percentage annually, to be agreed by consensus, each year for 20 years. Individuals could choose whatever reduction method – what matters to the atmosphere is the net reduction of tons. Those who’ve met or exceeded their reduction targets could “sell” their extra tons on a supply-anddemand basis to neighbors who haven’t quite made their cuts yet – creating an interesting local cap-andtrade operating along the same principles as the bona fide mandatory systems already up and running worldwide, notably in the northeast, California, and
Europe, with China about to launch a national cap-andtrade system. In conjunction, in the meantime, dairy farmers could be assisted to invest in equipment that could capture methane emissions, a dangerous greenhouse gas, and use the captured methane for fuel, or sell methane “credits” into the various markets once verified. And, we could also institute a form of carbon tax for those who prefer that straightforward tool, that would be levied on each ton of our emissions, providing further incentive to reduce – Norway currently operates such a hybrid system. In addition, unused land could be tested for potential
to grow cellulosic ethanol crops that could be converted locally into low-carbon gasoline. This could improve tax levies on the land, and provide lower carbon fuel for local consumption. In short, we could take a look at the status quo and consciously and gradually replace it with least carbon approach. And, perhaps the greatest benefit of all, all kinds of jobs and contracts would be created. Think of it concretely – every system would be redesigned, rebuilt, refitted, replanned, redone – a bonanza of meaningful construction, engineering and other productive work for great private and public good. None of this is hard and
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carbon-efficient companies, is tracking closely with the classic S&P 500. This means that key economic benchmarks are showing there is no economic penalty for taking the “carbon diet” approach. All languages were spoken at the Paris Climate Summit, but the language of action is what matters in the end. Those 1 in 100 year storms are likely to come more regularly and a whole generation has grown up since 1992 while little has been done to stem the greatest challenge of their lives. 2016 is a nice-looking number. It could become a hinge of transformation and Otsego County can lead.
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Legal notice Notice of Authority of Lazarus Holdings LLC, a Foreign Limited Liability Company under Section 802 of the Limited Liability Company Law. 1. The name of the limited liability company is Lazarus Holdings LLC. 2. Certificate of Formation of Lazarus Holdings LLC was filed with the State of New Jersey Division of Revenue on December 1, 2005, and thereafter Application for Authority of Lazarus Holdings LLC was filed with the New York State Secretary of State on December 21, 2015, and Certificate of Authority granted that date pursuant to Section 805 of Limited Liability Company Law. 3. The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Otsego County. 4. The street address of the principal business location of the limited liability company is 12 Lazarus Drive, Ledgewood, New Jersey 07852. 5. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the foreign limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office 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 1725 Westover Reserve Blvd., Windermere, Florida 34786. 6. The foreign limited liability
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company is organized to carry on all lawful activities. 6LegalFeb11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Travelsee LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/16/15. Office location: Otsego County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Kwasi Agyemang, 2 Pine Blvd., Apt. 5, Cooperstown, NY 13326, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalFeb11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of TIMBER CREEK SALOON AND RESTAURANTS, LLC. Filing date withe Secretary of state was 10 Oct 2015. 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 2957 State Highway 23, West Oneonta, NY 13861 6LegalFeb11 Legal notice FELCHER ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/24/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to George Rice 4918 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb11
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Legal notice Notice of Formation of Fika House, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/10/15. 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 101 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan28 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF APPLETREE POND HOUSE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSSN shall mail process to: 14 Leatherstocking Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJan28 Legal notice Jay Frank LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY as Domestic LLC 11/10/15. Principal Office: 20 Lewis St, Oneonta NY 13820, Otsego County. SSNY designated as process agent. Process Service address: 20 Lewis St, Oneonta NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalJan28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Bing Dog, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on
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December 10, 2015. 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. 6LegalFeb11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: COOPERSTOWN HAPPY CAMPERS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 November 2015. 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 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: DYKSTRA CONSTRUCTION LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 4 January 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 69, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose is to engage in any and all busi-
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ness activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Azure Arts LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/15, under LLC Law Sec. 203. Office location: 1149 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs, NY, 13439, Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Christina Milliman,1149 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs, NY, 13439. Purpose: Any lawful business. 6LegalFeb25 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the lot owners of The Hartwick Seminary Cemetery Association will be held at the home of Joyce S. Jones, 4685 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY, 13326. This meeting will be on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2 p.m. to transact such business as may properly come before the meeting and the election of officers and trustees. Submitted by Joyce S. Jones, Treasurer 2LegalJan28 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: WILLSUE, LLC
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Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/13/2016. 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: 50 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb25 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Suntime LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 21, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice NOTICE OF
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FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is P & L Properties VII, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 168 Sugar Hill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is Bissell Road, LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process
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against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The name of the entity is N811SA LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on January 20, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 1130 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10128. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMarch3
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Legal notice BARRISTER AND MANN LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/04/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Devin S. Morgan, ESQ. Hoffman Warnick LLC, 540 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice MEGAMOTION, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/11/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3514 Craig Road, Clinton, NY 13323. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 6LegalMarch3 Legal notice EMILYSARA, L.L.C. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 01/07/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O TROSSET GROUP ATTORNEYS, P.O. BOX 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalMarch3
Thursday, JANUARY 28, 2016
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, January 29
CABIN FEVER FILM -- 7 p.m. Free. “The Way We Were,” starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Refreshments available, to benefit Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org. THEATER -- 7 p.m. (Also 7 p.m. Jan. 30). Morris Central School Drama Club presents Neil Simon’s comedy “Rumors.” Admission $8 at door. Morris Central School Auditorium, Morris. Info, (607) 263-6100.
Saturday, January 30
CABIN FEVER WINTER FEST -- 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Cabin Fever Winter Fest at Gilbert Lake State Park. Free sledding, hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, campfires, food, games & more. Gilbert Lake State Park, 18 CCC Rd., Laurens. Info, www.cabinfeverwinterfest.com HD OPERA BROADCAST -- 12:55 p.m. Live HD broadcast from The Metropolitan Opera: “Turandot” by Puccini. Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets, info, (607) 431-2080 or www. foothillspac.org THEATER -- 7 p.m. Morris Central School Drama Club presents Neil Simon’s comedy “Rumors.” Admission $8 at door. Morris Central School Auditorium, Morris. Info, (607) 263-6100.
Sunday, January 31
DOLLAR DINNER -- 4:30-6:30 p.m. Dollar Dinner with live music. Pasta wit meat sauce, salad, fruit, dessert. Kids age 6 and under free. Takeouts after 6:15 p.m. “Red Door” Presbyterian Church, Main St. at Walling, Oneonta.. Info. call 607-432-7520.
FEBRUARY! Tuesday, February 2
PUBLIC MEETING -- 7 p.m. Public informational meeting on proposed Construction of Neahwa Park Entrance Improvement Project. City Council Chambers, 2nd flr, 258 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6465.
Wednesday, February 3
LIBRARY STORY TIME -- 10-11 a.m. Springfield Library begins February story time, with topics including Mo Willems, who wrote the Pigeon books; Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday; and National Polar Bear Day. All welcome; free. Springfield Library, 129 Cty. Rte. 29A, Springfield Center. Info, (315) 858-5802.
Thursday, February 4
AUTHOR EVENT– 6:30 p.m. Local author Libby Cudmore reads from her debut novel, “The Big Rewind.” Signing to follow. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St. Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8898.
Friday, February 5
WINTER CARNIVAL -- (Through Feb. 7). Opening day of Cooperstown’s 49th annual Winter Carnival, for villagers and visitors. Hosted by the Cooperstown Lions Club. Full festival schedule at www.cooperstowncarnival.org. CABIN FEVER FILM -- 6:30 p.m. artifact preview; 7 p.m. film. “Rudy,” 6:30 p.m. spotlight of items in HoF’s collection, leading up to film. Grandstand Theater, National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum. MORE CALENDAR, B6
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Linda Pasquale, 62; Retired Teacher At Milford Central MILFORD – Linda C. Pasquale, 62, retired Milford Central School teacher, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at home with her husband at her side. Linda was born Sept. 4, 1953, in Niagara Falls, the daughter of David W. Higby Sr. and Alicia (Stayer) Higby. She graduated from Madonna High School, Niagara Falls, then received a teaching degree from D’Youville College, Buffalo. She married Ernest Pasquale on July 26, 1975, at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Niagara Falls. A teacher at Milford Central, she retired in 2006. She loved to bake and over the years brought tons of her cookies to school for her many friends to enjoy, even after retirement. She was a volunteer for many years at the book fairs. She and her family enjoyed traveling, camping and visiting friends. She was a member at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church in Cooperstown. In addition to her husband, Ernest, she is survived by two daughters, Lisa (Jeremiah) Moore of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Christina
(Vincent) Pelleriti of San Francisco; grandchildren Max, Ava and Parker Moore, and Lucie and Sam Linda Pelleriti; Pasquale her father, David W. Higby Sr.; her brother, David W. Higby Jr.; her sister, Marian Groeneveld; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, Alicia Higby, and a brother, Theodore Higby. Calling hours will be held 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta. The funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at St. Mary’s in Cooperstown, with the Rev. John Rosson, pastor, as celebrant. The interment will be 1 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, 1413 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls. Arrangements are entrusted to Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
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Joseph Michael Vunk, 38, Active With Youth Sports EDMESTON – Joseph Michael Vunk, 38, director of Unadilla Valley Little League, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 21, 2016 in New Berlin. He was born in Cooperstown on Dec. 3, 1977 son of John (Jack) and Donna (Wilcox) Vunk. His childhood was spent in the Edmeston area where he attended and graduated from Edmeston Central School. He began working at Preferred Mutual Insurance Company during his senior year in school and continued there for 20 years as the Support Services Technician. He served as a director of Unadilla Valley Little League Softball in addition to coaching baseball, indoor and outdoor soccer and basketball. Joe touched many lives as a coach helping kids in the community learn to play sports. In honor of his love for sports everyone is invited to wear either, Syracuse Orangeman, Unadilla Valley or Edmeston gear for his services. He is survived by his fiancé, JenaLee Lawson, and children Maddy Vunk and Natalye Menard.
In addition to his parents, he is further survived by two brothers; Jeremy and April Vunk Joseph and their Vunk children; Jack and Julia, Kristopher Vunk and Jess Allen and their children; Lillie, Makaylie and Hunter and one sister; Kari and Zeno Lantos and their children; Alex and Max. He is also survived by his fiance’s mother, Carol Lawson, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was pre-deceased by his fiance’s father, David Lawson. A funeral service was held Tuesday, Jan. 26, with Pastor Robert Decker, the First Baptist Church in South New Berlin, officiating. Memorial donations may be made to a trust fund for his children and can be sent to Mary Ann Vunk, 9 Vunk Ave., Edmeston, NY 13335. Arrangements are entrusted to the Dakin Funeral Home, New Berlin.
Albina Konchar, 92; She, Husband Farmed On Christian Hill COOPERSTOWN – Albina C. Konchar, 92, who with her husband operated a dairy farm on Christian Hill for many years, died, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. She had resided in Hyde Park and, lately, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta.
Born March 1, 1923, in Croatia, she and her family emigrated to France one year later. In 1930, the family came to the United States and settled in Fork Shop, between Toddsville and Fly Creek. On Feb. 14, 1942, Albina married Stanley L. Konchar
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Konchar, who died July 19, 1963; and a sister, Jean E. Cop, who died April 6, 2008. She is survived by her daughter, B. Jane of Hyde Park; a brother, Antone Cop of New Berlin; a sister, Rosemary Fisher of Mesa, Arizona; and several nieces and nephews. Albina appreciated her good health, but was saddened because she outlived all of her friends. As a way to remember Albina, light a candle in her memory. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, February 5
LIGHT OPERA -- 8 p.m. (Also 2 p.m. Feb. 6). Apollo Music Club of SUNY Oneonta presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” Sponsored by the Student Association and Public Events Committee. Tickets at door. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta.
Saturday, February 6
WINTER CARNIVAL -- (Through Feb. 7). 2nd day of Cooperstown’s 49th annual Winter Carnival, for villagers and visitors. Hosted by the Cooperstown Lions Club. Look for “Scavenger Hunt Clues” in these editions to find hidden medallion in Cooperstown, for chance to win $500. Full festival schedule at www.cooperstowncarnival.org. MEN’S CONFERENCE -- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. “No Regrets, Take Root” men’s conference live HD stream simulcast. Nationally known speakers address spiritual concerns facing men of faith today. $5 per person includes conference, lunch, snacks. Main St. Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. Register in advance or day of. Info, reservations, (607) 432-5712. ICE HARVEST FEST -- 10 a.m.4 p.m. Traditional ice harvest. Ice carving by SUNY Delhi ice team, ice fishing with Trout Unlimited, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowman village, soup buffet, food trucks, blacksmithing, cooking demos, exhibits by local businesses and farmers. Adults & teens, $9; seniors, $7; ages 12 & under free. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Cty. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info, www.hanfordmills.org or (607) 278-5744. KIDS’ LIBRARY DAY -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. “Bring a Child to the Library Day” at Village Library of Cooperstown. Kids and their families invited to come by for treats, books to read together and “make & take” crafts. Free. Village Library, Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Martha Sharer at (607) 547-8344 or www. villagelibraryofcooperstown.org QUILT SHOW -- 11-4 p.m. daily, Sundays 1-4 p.m. Opening day of annual Fenimore Quilt Club Show, running through Feb. 21. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9777, www.cooperstownart.com LIGHT OPERA -- 2 p.m. Apollo Music Club of SUNY Oneonta presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” Sponsored by
the Student Association and Public Events Committee. Tickets at door. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., SUNY Oneonta. DINNER FUNDRAISER -4:30-8:30 p.m. (Snow date 5-9 p.m. Fri. Feb 12). Pasta buffet fundraiser dinner for Denny Carr, 30-year-veteran teacher at OHS, coach, and friend many in the Oneonta Community. By donation, adults $8; ages 5-12 $5; under age 5 free. Make checks payable to OHS. Tickets at door, or call OHS office at (607) 4338243. Cafeteria, Oneonta High School 130 East St., Oneonta. BLACK LIVES MATTER PROGRAM -- 7 p.m. Reverend Julie Taylor discusses “Black Lives Matter: Ferguson and Beyond.” Free; all welcome. Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, www.uuso.org CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Kristin Andreassen and her band, back by popular demand, in Cooperstown Concert Series. Adults $20; seniors & college students $15; ages 13-18 $8; 12 and under free. The Otesaga, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1812, info@cooperstownconcertseries.org THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 3 p.m) Tony Award-winning play “The Elephant Man,” featuring local cast. Adults $15; seniors & students $12; under age 12 $10. Foothills (Production Center), 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets at door or call (607) 434-6606.
Sunday, February 7
CHILI BOWL -- Noon-4 p.m. Community Arts network of Oneonta’s 12th annual “Chili Bowl Cookoff” fundraiser.” Buy a hand-painted bowl ($10 & up) to sample over 20 contestants’
creations and vote for your favorite. Benefits CANO programs and local art scholarships. CANO at Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070 or www.canoneonta.org BAND CONCERT -- 3 p.m. Oneonta Community Concert Band’s 14th annual “Summertime in Winter” concert. Free; all welcome. Some chairs provided,
or bring your own. “Main Street USA” court, Foxcare Center, Rte. 7, Oneonta. Info, (607) 4370152. THEATER -- 3 p.m. Final performance of Tony Award-winning play “The Elephant Man,” featuring local cast. Adults $15; seniors & students $12; under age 12 $10. Foothills (Production Center), 24 Market St.,
Oneonta. Tickets at door or call (607) 434-6606. WINTER CARNIVAL -- Final day of Cooperstown’s 49th annual Winter Carnival, for villagers and visitors. Hosted by the Cooperstown Lions Club. Look for “Scavenger Hunt Clues” in these editions to find hidden medallion in Cooperstown, for chance to win $500. Full festival schedule at www.cooperstowncarnival.org.
Tuesday, February 9 Mardi Gras!
WOMEN’S CLUB -- 2 p.m.
Women’s Club of Cooperstown meeting. All welcome; presenter is Allison Capozza, “Brewery Ommegang.” Donations sought for local food pantry. Christ Church Parish House, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-2423. PANCAKES -- 4-6:30 p.m. Pancake Supper. Adults $7; ages 5-12 $4; under age 5 free. All-you-can-eat pancakes with toppings, sausage, bacon, home fries, applesauce, beverage. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs.
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