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So far, village police have received two other reports from people reporting similar calls, both promising to install free solar panels in their homes. “Anything for free over the
phone is a scam,” said Covert. “With a real solar program, you would have to initiate the purchase. When someone calls and tells you that you can get free solar, it’s too Please See SCAMS, A2
All Eyes Looking Ahead To 50th Winter Carnival By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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he Democratic County Committee planned to endorse either former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout or Ulster County farmer and town board member Will Yandik when it met at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, in Cooperstown Village Hall. Both will appear at the caucus, as will Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, and Sherrill City Commissioner Mike Hennessy, who again is challenging him in the April 22 primary, said county Chair Richard Abbate. For outcome, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
GETTING READY: U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19th, filed papers Monday, Feb. 8, with the state Boards of Elections to form a “Gibson for NY” exploratory committee, which would allow fundraising to begin for his prospective 2018 gubernatorial run.
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The best way to enjoy a Cooperstown Winter Carnival is to dress for the cold, as Erin Newkerk, Clark Sports Center marketing director, can attest. She was bundled up at the finish line of the 44th Bob Smullens Run Saturday morning, Feb. 6, in Cooper Park/MORE PHOTOS, C1
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‘Ideals, Not Politics,’ Drive Sanders’ Fan By LIBBY CUDMORE
LONGER HOURS: The Susquehanna Animal Shelter COOPERSTOWN thrift store, the Better Exchange, has increased hours aving grown up in a to 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondaysocialist household in Saturday; Wednesdays, it’s Utica, Hilda Wilcox, open until 6. Bernie Sanders’ organizer in Cooperstown, is no stranger to going door-to-door for her beliefs. “When I was 7, I distributed
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leaflets to the neighbors supporting the Loyalists in Spain,” she said. “Afterwards, I asked my mother, ‘Who are the Loyalists?’ and she explained that we were fighting for democracy in Spain.” And though the cold weather kept her for ringing doorbells, she still actively campaigned for Sanders – he bested Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire See SANDERS, A7
ven before the Touchdown Celebration Carnival Closer ended Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7, everyone involved was looking forward to next year’s 50th Cooperstown Winter Carnival. And an old friend may be back in the fold. “The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce was involved up through the ’70s and ’80s,” said carnival co-chair Marissa Davidson. “The idea is still in its infancy, but involving the chamber again might be a benefit.” “The Carnival is an avenue of great interest for us,” said chamber Executive Director Matt Hazard. “It’s a great, community-driven Please See 50th, A3
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ooperstown High School Principal Mike Cring has chosen Sportsmanship Award winners for winter sports. Front row, from left, are Lauren Lionetti, cheerleading; Abby Ford, modified girls basketball; Maggie Schuermann, varsity girls basketball; Tess DiLorenzo, modified volleyball; Matilda Francis, JV volleyball; Amber Genova, varsity volleyball; Faith Logue, modified girls basketball, and Kate Trosset, girls JV basketball. Back row, from left, Ryan Lansing, modified boys basketball; Skyler Taylor, bowling; Keith Barlow, JV boys basketball; Chad Carr, boys varsity basketball; Will Harloff, boys swimming, and Logan Kantor, modified
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wrestling. Missing from the photo was Jasmine Martinez, wrestling.
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The website, www. dos.ny.gov/ consumerprotection/ keeps a running list of current scams so Chief Covert that consumers may check to see if any phone call they received are on the list. Luckily, Covert reported, the “sick grandchild” scam hasn’t been reported in several months. “In that one, a relative will call saying they’re sick or in jail and they need money,” he said. “If you get that call, reach out to the relative. Chances are, they’re fine.” But he warns that scams are out there, and often, prey on the elderly or those who live alone. “If you get a call like this, do not send money,” he said. “Hang up and tell your friends to beware.”
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For 50th Year, Committee Hopes To Revive Features From Early Carnivals 50th/From A1 event, and we’ll do anything we can do to help.� The first carnival, held in 1967, was a joint venture of the chamber and the Cooperstown Ski Club. Some 10,000 people attended, 6,000 alone witnessing dog-sled races that Sunday afternoon on frozen Otsego Lake between the village and Three Mile Point. A Bavarian Beer Festival, the former Susquehanna Ball at The Fenimore Art Museum and snow sculpting was part of those early celebrations. Organized for years now by the Cooperstown Lions Club, the carnival would benefit from adding a “home base,� Davidson said. “We don’t have any place to store our snowman costume, a sign or anything else we might want to use year after year,� said Davidson. “Right now, they’re just at someone’s house, and it’s difficult to keep track of. Things get lost.�
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It would also give visitors a single point of contact for information about the Winter Carnival. “Since the committee is always changing, sometimes it’s hard to know who to talk to,� said Davidson. And with such a huge event to plan for, Davidson and the committee is also hoping that partnering with the chamber will increase fundraising abilities. “The carnival is not a not-forprofit group, so we aren’t able to give tax receipts when businesses donate to us,� she said; the chamber is already a 501c3. “Having
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school students sell goods and services, was moved to Sunday Feb. 28. “It’s a small town,� said Davidson. “But there’s always something to do.� Although Davidson and McMahon will both step down this year,
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
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If Clark Has Issues With Otsego Now, Settle Them Forthrightly
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aming someone to a board who is at odds with that board seems like a counter-productive thing do. To what purpose? That must have been the question on people’s minds on learning Kathy Clark, R-Otego, chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, had named Rick Hulse of Fly Creek, foremost foil to Otsego Now when he himself was on the county board, to the Otsego Now board. In explaining the appointment – it was approved, 9-5, with Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, joining the four Democrats in voting nay at the county board’s February meeting on the 3rd – Clark said “in recent years” (while she was chair, incidentally) there has been insufficient “oversight” of Otsego Now. A couple of reps echoed her, so that must be the party line. Certainly, appropriate oversight is a given. More important right now, though: Otsego Now needs to be championed in its surefooted and reality-based initiatives to turn around our sad economic picture – poor jobs, poor housing, blighted communities, the strangle-hold of minimum-wage jobs for a 100day tourism season. At least, Clark should be looking to strengthen a sense of common purpose, of collaboration. Besides, county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, has been serving for the past two years as
shoulder) be responsible for the money it generates, and let it take the hit if things go wrong. The county board can take the credit when things go right. There’s no downside, for county reps or the rest of us. • For now, though, let’s not prepredict dire outcomes. Himself a business consultant who has advised enterprises in the U.S. and as far away as South America and Eastern Europe, Hulse may find himself right at home on Otsego Now’s board and, as he should, will energetically put his shoulder to the common effort. Hulse is one of nine board members. If he joins the team, everybody wins. If he becomes the dependable opposition to everything – let’s hope not – the rest of the board can quarantine him. While at odds with Otsego Now heretofore, Hulse is right on a lot of other things, and very well may have a great career of public service in front of him. (Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, is vulnerable; why not run against him this fall? An Otsego-based assemblyman – a Seward in the House of Representatives – is much to be hoped-for.) • A lot of promising talent joined the county board this past Jan. 1. Not wanting to break with the chair a month in, word is several held their noses and gave Clark what she wanted.
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county board liaison to Otsego Now, appointed by Clark. Isn’t he doing the job? • Anyone who’s participated in the debate of the past five years has come to understand that county government, by its nature, cannot, will not – and probably should not – do economic development itself. Properly, county board members are disinclined to risk tax dollars on ventures that may or may not succeed. So someone else has to do it. That why Otsego Now’s approach – to use its own reserves, generated by fees from issuing bonds for private-sector projects – is the way to go. Tax money is not at stake. County money is not at stake. Let Otsego Now (with the state comptroller looking over its
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tsego Now has figured economic development out. Identify optimum concepts. Update comprehensive plans. Hire the most knowledgeable and best-connected consultants to put together market studies and technical data. Use the resulting strategic plans to win state seed money. Use that money to create “shovel-ready sites” – the first is ready in the former Pony Farm Business Park – and other venues. Attract appropriate businesses that will hire our neighbors, put paychecks in their pockets, and start turning around, in our special Otsego County, Upstate New York’s half-century slide. The level-headed Bob Hanft, a retired investment banker and former chair of the Hartwick College trustees, is an ideal chair. The guy who’s making it happen day to day is Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes, who, in Green County, led the most successful economic-development effort in Upstate New York. Go to one of the Otsego Now’s public meetings – at 8 p.m. every third Thursday of the month on the fifth floor of 189 Main St., Oneonta – and see for yourself what’s happening. You’ll be impressed by the energy and expertise. Still, the freshman Republicans – Len Carson, Peter Oberacker, Meg Kennedy, Dan Wilber and David Bliss – are no doubt looking around the room, assessing who will be the next chair. They arrived a few short weeks ago, looking to the future. The chair forced them to look to the past. That cost her some cred. If they sense it’s becoming time for a change, who can blame them? Veterans of both parties must be having similar thoughts. Going forward, it should be remembered Kathy Clark has no county-wide constituency. Unopposed last Nov. 3, she received
523 votes in her Otego-Laurens district, 1.6 percent of the total 32,654 registered voters. The basis of a county board chair’s influence is sound leadership. In this case, it wasn’t there. • The Hulse appointment is done. For now, anyhow, Clark is county board chair, and can start setting things right. She has a responsibility to do so. She should attend this month’s Otsego Now board meeting, discuss any concerns forthrightly, settle them, and go forward, hand in hand, on the path most beneficial for our county at large.
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For Henry Cooper, Life Was Greatest Adventure Of All
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ow to take the measure of a man, all the more difficult in a world where excellence seems a side dish and fluff the main course. But not so the world Henry Cooper sought to serve and protect, namely the world of wisdom, beauty, nature, kindness and fairness. In short, a civilized world in an uncivilized time. To my everlasting gratitude, I met Henry Cooper in 1982, and over these 30 years or so, I have been privileged to share this world with him from time to time. Few could be more wry. Even as he weakened but was still eager to ring in the New Year, when I said to him that 2016 was a nice-looking round number, he quipped from his sickbed, in and out of festive flow, “I like it already.” And though he had every reason of bearing and heritage
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to stand apart, Henry often dove right into the thick of things, taking on complex and at times unpopular causes for the longterm greater good. When he was the lead plaintiff in a local lawsuit intended to protect our watershed from unnecessary risk, the suit was brusquely dismissed, Henry
especially. The judge dispatched him as if he were a fantasy figment – “Henry Cooper and his alter egos…” or some such. We his cohorts wore the alter ego badge like a billboard – lucky us to stand with Don Quixote Henry. Some would say that Henry’s
fierce protection of Otsego Lake and landscape and his preservationist vision stood for no change. On the contrary, Henry loved change, as long as it came with a good reason. Dubious projects put him on guard. As he said, “Once a vase is cracked, it is never the same.” In fact, Henry was the classic early adopter. Certainly, he was one of the first serious writers and thinkers in the U.S. to grasp the importance of the U.S. space program, not only to science, but society. His New Yorker articles remain landmarks in their genre, not to mention his books, which picked out the personalities and drives of the heroes and heroines who were hurling themselves into outer space for the sake of learning and thus for the sake of all of us, tales of passion for meaningful adventure. Please See COOPER, A6
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was a fan of Henry Cooper long before I met him – he was my favorite writer at The New Yorker magazine. Mr. Cooper was one of the only reasons I read the magazine (other than for the cartoons). I canceled my subscription when he left – and have not read it since. That was 10 years before we met in Cooperstown, when I learned that Cooperstown’s Henry Cooper was the author I had been reading all those years. A fine bit of serendipity. In his passing, a large amount of history slips into the fog. Mercifully, the organizations he founded, like Otsego 2000, live on. As I told him many times, he was the best writer the Cooper family ever produced, because his prose was clear, concise, and unaffected – not unlike the man himself. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
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To the Editor: I’m sure Hometown Oneonta wants to print accurate information, so I’ll make a correction for your caption on the picture of Tony Mongillo’s artwork on exhibit at the Oneonta History Center in last week’s issue. Old St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at Grand Street (not Avenue) and Main Street was not demolished to make room for Lettis Highway. It was taken down a number of years before Lettis Highway (which is further east on Main Street) after the church building had become too crowded and antiquated for the congregation. A new St, Mary’s church was built
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on Walnut Street and was dedicated in 1957. The Hughson Benson Insurance Agency is now on the site of the old St. Mary’s Church. A Grand Union supermarket was on the site where Lettis Highway is now and was removed in the 1970s to make way for the highway at its intersection with Main Street. WAYNE WRIGHT Oneonta
CCS Is On DiNapoli’s List, While 612 Districts Are Not To the Editor: In last week’s article, “Hebert: DiNapoli Rating Isn’t Cause for Concern,” CCS Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert argues that there should be no cause for concern that CCS has been placed on the “Susceptible to Fiscal Stress” category on the state’s controller’s recently released list of schools districts which are, or may be in the future, experiencing fiscal issues. There are over 700 school districts in New York State; 82 of those districts are on the state’s list of schools facing fiscal issues. Three of them, Unatego Central,
classified as experiencing moderate fiscal stress, and Cooperstown and Richfield Springs central schools, both of which are susceptible to fiscal stress, are in Otsego County. In explaining why this is not really a problem for CCS, Hebert made, according to the article, four points. The first was that the district, after settling contracts, had to pay retroactive pay to employees, which is a one-time expense. And while it is true that back pay will not have to be paid again, the increase in pay as a result of the conPlease See LETTER, A6
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Amongst the numerous Petitions read in the house today, was one from Francis Henry, Billings Brown and Charles Mason, of the County of Otsego, complaining of irregular practices, at the late election in the Town of Pittsfield, in that county, by which they allege, that the seats of Mssrs. Judd, Crippen and Metcalf, three sitting members, for that county, be vacated, and the petitioners to be admitted in their stead. February 15, 1816
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Also, like the latter, it has through the witchery of the pen, become quite “classic.” For as the genius of Scott hovers over “Loch Katrine,” so does that of Cooper over Otsego Lake. (Excerpt from the Illustrated Christian Weekly reprinted in The Freeman’s Journal) February 13, 1891
100 YEARS AGO
Professor Allez was delighted Monday afternoon when he received over his wireless apparatus evidence that his new 100-foot aerial had gotten into contact with the government wireless station at Arlington, N.J. Tuesday at noon the Professor received unmistakably the official time from Arlington. Who says we are not right up-to-date in Cooperstown. February 9, 1916
175 YEARS AGO
(Comments by the editor of The Freeman’s Journal followed by excerpts from an anti-abolitionist editorial appearing in a Dayton, Ohio newspaper concerning a riot at an abolitionist gathering where a man was killed and several others badly wounded by Negroes) “Three of the Negroes have been arrested and the officers are in pursuit of the remainder. While we of course condemn the principle of mobbing and rioting, we cannot but exclaim against the officious and foolhardy fanaticism of these madcap abolitionists, who will thrust their opinions upon an excitable community, by whom they had been rebuked in a similar manner before. Every cool minded lover of good order cannot but respond to the following remarks of the editor of the Dayton Ohio Transcript.” “How long in Heaven’s name, will our country be agitated by this simoon (an African desert windstorm) of fanaticism – abolition! Why will men not see the exceeding great evils they are entailing upon us by their ruinous measures! Why will they not see that they are really injuring the very persons whom they profess to benefit! They cannot be blind to the fact that the Negroes must suffer for all their folly.” February 15, 1841
150 YEARS AGO
Reprinted in The Freeman’s Journal: The Springfield Republican (the leading Republican organ of New England) comments on the President’s interview with Fred Douglass & Co., as follows: “It is evident that the conference of the colored delegates with the President was unpleasant and unfortunate. Douglass put on airs and assumed a dictatorial tone, in imitation of his white model, Wendell Phillips, and the President had besides been prejudiced against him by
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Among the several notable, though diminutive, inland lakes of Central New York, possibly the lingering fragment of a once great rival of the “Ontario,” is the very small one that supplies the head-waters of the lengthened Susquehanna. Its Indian name of “Otsego” has been wisely left to it; and a liquid gem it is, of so much brightness and beauty, as to be seldom forgotten by beholders. Fringed on the west by sloping banks that bend in and out in many a graceful curve, and on the east by uplands more precipitous aspiring even to the dignity of moderate mountains, its engaging features of interest scarcely suffer in comparison with those of the much admired “Katrine” of Scotland.
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A total of 1,760 garments of all kinds and 102,000 surgical dressings have been prepared by the Cooperstown Chapter of the American Red Cross and have been dispatched overseas for war relief work, according to an announcement made Tuesday by Mrs. Robert Johnston, secretary of the local unit. This work has been done in the past year by members of the Cooperstown chapter, among which are the following items: 504 sweaters, 410 dresses, 236 pairs of socks, 109 pairs of mittens, 156 layettes, 14 scarves, 36 boys’ suits, 56 boys’ shirts, 96 hospital night shirts, 60 surgical gowns, 27 shawls, 17 pairs of pajamas, 8 blankets, 2 knitted blankets, 9 children’s gowns, 1 muffler, 2 cloth caps, 9 pinafores, 6 quilts and 3 knitted shirts. February 12, 1941
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Horace Weeks and his seeing-eye dog have been a familiar sight on the streets of Cooperstown for the past 22 years. Always pleasant, always industrious, Horace goes about tasks that to many, less handicapped people, would seem difficult. For 12 years he manned the Chamber of Commerce Information booth at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets, answering all sorts of queries, directing tourists to points of interest throughout the area. “My, what a lot of inquiries I had those first years before identifying and directional signs were put up,” he said – “as many as 13,000.” He kept track by putting beans in a jar. Weeks was not always blind and relied entirely on memory to give directions. February 9, 1966
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
EYE ON THE WEATHER for JANUARY 2016
LETTERS
While Syrian Refugees Suffer, U.S. Fiddles – At Super Bowl
Absence Of Snow Makes You Think Weather’s Warmer Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, provides monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.
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hat a winter, (like I need to tell you)! It certainly is strange, weird, and bizarre, you choose the word you like best. I was talking with a 93-year-old lifelong friend during coffee hour at church, and he told me that he doesn’t remember a winter anything like this one. His memory is superior to mine, and mine still serves me quite well. Following an extremely mild November and the warmest December on record, January’s mean temperature was only 1.1 degree above normal. I’m guessing you thought it was warmer than that, but it’s the absence of snow that’s most likely fooling you. Our
daytime high temperatures averaged 30.7 degrees while our night time temperatures averaged 14.1 degrees. There were only three nights below zero. We have been blessed with only 11.9 inches of snow since Nov. 1 of last year with 10.8 inches of that falling in January. In case you are wondering, the normal for that time period is 39.5 inches! The 3.8 inches that fell on our area on Jan. 18 was from lake effect. With no more snow until Feb. 8, it’s like a candy store that doesn’t sell candy! It’s great news for some and bad news for others, but the winter isn’t over yet.
DAVID MATTICE
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To the Editor: I am continually saddened by the plight of the Syrian refugees, and troubled that so little is being done to help them. I am writing this the day after the Super Bowl. The contrasts between the Super Bowl Halftime Show, with its pyrotechnics, smoke and Jive, and the circumstances of the Syrian refugees is staggering and obscene. If a small amount of the gross profit went to the Red to pay your bills or if you truly enjoy outdoor snow activities, I Cross and the World Health feel your pain. Organization, some more
Highest Temperature.................................................52°F Jan .10) Lowest Temperature....................................................-5°F (Jan. 5) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................30.7°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................14.1°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................22.4°F Precipitation Total....................................................................1.93″ Most Precipitation in One Day.................................0.56” (Jan. 11) Thunderstorms..............................................................................0 Snow.........................................................................................10.8” 11.9 inches for 2015-16 Most Snow in One Day...............................................3.8” (Jan. 18) Year-to-Date Precipitation........................................................1.93” Number of Days at or below zero F................................................3 3 for winter of 2015-16 Number of Days at or below 32°F...............................29 for 2016 Don’t let your guard down, February and March can be brutally cold and snowy. The record setting El Nino pattern has really lived up to what the forecasters at the National Weather Service predicted last fall. If you are loving this mild winter, I’m happy for you. If you rely on the snow and cold
We can’t change the weather but please make sure to get outside and enjoy the many great activities in our area. So until we meet again, have fun, be safe and Keep To the Editor: Your Eye on the Weather!
Drug Costs Two-Thirds Less At Locally Owned Pharmacy
Cooperstown residents may be interested in the recent phone call I made to determine the price for the same drug, in not their glitz. the same strength, for the At times, even his own same quantity from our local gadgetry could not keep pharmaries if we did not up with Henry’s social have (or use) insurance. calendar, his New York In other words, we had (or and Cooperstown lives chose) to pay cash: chock full of doings, and • Church & Scott, locally he probably holds a world owned and managed: $19.95 record for being generously • CVS Pharmacy, chain of gregarious. Ever curious, he stores: $64. (Could lower to was often the first to ask for your news, even though he had a lot of his own. As his health faded, much of that LETTER/From A4 news was not good, and he tracts will be paid by the disdeftly kept much to himtrict each year going forward. self, no doubt to spare his And all future contract pay friends, but surely to spare increases will be on top of the current increases. Thus, while himself the pragmatic fear the argument has been made of the absences he faced, remaining honorably and so that this is a one-time issue, it admirably regal throughout might well seem to be that is not exactly the case. his ordeal. The second downfall for Henry Cooper left beCCS concerns a change in hind a world that has grown health insurance plans for bored at times even with its teachers and retirees, which the own mesmerizing universe. school thinks will save money Not for a minute Henry. He going forward. And while it may indeed save money, a proviewed life as the greatest jected $70,000 on a budget of longest adventure of all, upwards of $18 million is not conveying this zest to old exactly a windfall. And given and young. Leave nothing the overall climate surrounding out if you don’t have to, health-care insurance, it is also Henry seemed to say. possible that any savings, let His measure should be alone $70,000 a year, will not ours. actually prove to be the case.
DiPERNA: Life Was His Greatest Adventure Of All COOPER/From A4 Like his ancestor, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Cooper created a lasting record of America’s most important recent pioneers, understanding long before the rest of us that the exploration of all that was distant from earth was vital to understanding the very preciousness of that earth. Henry set the tone and the rest of us caught up. Many a Sunday afternoon would go by with Henry on the phone talking to the New Yorker fact checkers, meticulous in their quest, and then emerging with a twinkling smile as if he had just survived the gladiators. They rarely found an error – Henry loved to do things right. In fact, one of his principles of living was “always do what you are going to do at the highest level you can.” And, too, a man of letters and devotee of the antiquarian, he plunged headlong into the digital revolution. He was the first person I
“People say Eleanor is the brains behind Team Zissou,” Henry Cooper (in a cameo as a TV interviewer) asks Bill Murray, who plays Zissou, a Jacque Cousteau knock-off, in the 2004 film. Cooper filled in, at daughter (and assistant to the director) Molly’s request, after the actor slated for the part fell ill.
knew to try a Kindle reader, long before they were cool, believing that perhaps the protection of books meant better knowing the industry bent on their disruption. Plus, he just plain liked new things. Often he would sit alone overlooking the lake he loved, still so nearly pris-
tine thanks largely to his efforts, reading on his little digital machine, happily experimenting. Later he would show off whatever digital breakthrough he had mastered. Flip phone to I-phone, many were the gadgets of Henry Cooper, all in the name of understanding their advancement, if any,
New Listing! 2 Otsego Lake Cottages
Thus it might be quite possible that the state is correct in
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This is a unique opportunity to purchase 2 lake cottages! “Komeekha”, the larger cottage, has 3 BRs, open kitchen/dining, large LR w/fireplace, new floor-to-ceiling window. “Anakusak” is a guest cottage w/kitchen/sitting area/BR, full bath. Porch and deck to take in the open lake views. 150´ deeded lake frontage w/new stone steps down to the lake, new large pontoon-style float dock w/buried anchor and extended sitting area.
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around $60 if needed) • Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown Clinic Pharmacy: $70-80. (Would not be able to give exact price) Judging by the above information, it would seem that drug manufacturers are not the only ones charging unfair drug prices. And isn’t it wonderful that a little knowledge could save you a lot of money. PATRICIA WILSON Cooperstown
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help would have reached those in dire need. If find it unconscionable that this did not happen. Instead, the Halftime Show performers and the production management were handsomely rewarded, and the results evaporated into the northern California air. Shame on all the greedy, preening egotists who made this happen without consideration for the world around them. MICHAEL WHALING Sharon Springs
iNteriOr Features —3 BRs in Komeekha —Open BR/LR in Anakusak —1 full bath in both —Partial basement —Private setting —Open kitchen w/laminate counter —Oven/range, refrigerator, microwave —Hardwood and linoleum floors
—Living room —Dining room —Master BR —1 fireplace —Baseboard electric heat exteriOr Features —Built in 1925 —1-story cottage style —Post-and-beam construction —Wood siding
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MLS#99235 Cherry Valley $83,500 Move-in ready home in the historic village of Cherry Valley. Spacious corner lot with 2-story barn. With a BR on the first floor and 2 up, it is an ideal situation if you are looking for 1-floor living. Large living room and wide open kitchen/DR also on the ground level. French doors off of the kitchen leading out to a spacious deck. New roof this November! Altogether a great house at a great price. Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405
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Home of the Week Mid-Century Modern Near Campus! One-owner ranch adjacent to SUNY Oneonta campus. This 1954 home has excellent bones and has been immaculately maintained. The 2-BR home sits up from the street and offers a large yard with lots of sunlight for the DR, eat-in kitchen, and 3-season sunroom plus the 2 BRs and bath. Nicely maintained hardwood floors throughout and great closet space. Plenty of room in the basement to finish for additional living space. Priced to sell and needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. MLS#104019 $129,900
pinpointing health insurance as a potential problem. Thirdly, the state sees the school’s drop in its unreserved fund balance from 6 percent of the budget to less than 4 percent of the budget as a problem. Interestingly enough, the superintendent actually now admits that the school having an unreserved fund balance of 6 percent is illegal. Yet when the school had this fund balance, the school argued it wasn’t a problem. Those district residents who repeatedly argued that the school was in violation of the law and should actually have returned the amount over the legal limit to the taxpayers were brushed aside. The school had the money and was going to keep it. Now, however, the argument seems to be being made that the school had to decrease the amount of the unreserved fund balance in order to be within the law. It would seem not even the school district can have it both ways. And to argue that the state should not hold the drop in the unreserved fund balance against the school because the school was in violation of the law when it had a higher unreserved fund balance is quite beyond the pale. And fourthly, the school is arguing that the gap elimination adjustment adopted by the state when it faced budgetary issues lowered the school’s state aid by $4.4 million since the 201112 school year. And while that is true, the GEA did not apply to just CCS. Every district in the state had to deal with a loss of state aid due to the GEA. Thus to argue that this somehow was a problem which so affected only CCS adversely is disingenuous at best. So while the superintendent would no doubt like to downplay the fact that CCS is in the state’s “Fiscal Stress Monitoring System,” the fact remains that CCS is one of 82 school districts on the list. It is not one of the 612 school districts not on the list. CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH Cooperstown
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Sanders Only Candidate With Grass-Roots Organization In Otsego County SANDERS/From A1 Primary Tuesday, Feb. 9 – sending out postcards asking people to call or come by so she could collect signatures to get him on the ballot as the democratic candidate. “It’s not a question of politics,” she said. “It’s a question of ideals. I believe democracy is the only system that guarantees opportunity. If the system stands in the way, we must change the system.” So far, Sanders, 74, currently a U.S. senator from Vermont, is the only presidential candidate with a ground operation in Otsego County; usually, the nominees have been chosen by New York State’s primary in April, but this year may be different. A week before New Hampshire, Sanders came from way behind to within 0.2 percentage points of beating Clinton in the Iowa Caucuses. “I’m very pleased with how he did,” said Phil Durkin, Cherry
2 Boat-Wash Stations Due On 2 Lakes WASH/From A1 president. “But right now, when the boat inspectors find any species, they have to drive over to the boat wash on Linden Avenue, and it’s a real inconvenience.” Among the “least wanted” nuisances are zebra mussels, water chestnuts, spiny water fleas and quagga mussels, which have been found along the Erie Canal. Quagga “go for softer sediments, so they can go into deeper water,” said Paul Lord, a lecture in SUNY Oneonta’s Biology Department and an OLA member. “If they get in, they’ll strip the lake.” When the DEC announced $2 million in grants to protect waterways from invasives, Lord approached the OCCA to help the OLA draft a proposal for two boat-washing stations – one in Lakefront Park and a portable one for Canadarago Lake. “We support the boat inspection at Canadarago and Otsego Lakes, so when Paul approached us about finding funding for a boat wash, it was a natural partnership,” said Darla Youngs, OCCA executive director. At Lakefront Park, $89,636 is being sought, with a 41 percent match of volunteer/in-kind hours. The plan is to move the Linden Avenue wash equipment to Lakefront Park, and hook up to the existing water and sewer lines at the public restrooms there. At Canadarago, $40,347 was requested, with a 47 percent match, for the portable decontamination unit, which includes a water tank, hose and a large decontamination mat to park the boat on. The funds will also be used to pay additional employees working at the boat wash. “Heated, pressurized boat washes are the gold standard to make sure aquatic invasive species don’t move.” said Lord. “These will be ones like they have in the Adirondacks.” The applications were mailed in late January, and the groups will find out if they received the funding in mid-April. “Our plan is to have everything built before boating season starts,” said Bunn.
Valley, the former county rep who is organizing local petition drives for Sanders. For her part, Wilcox said, “I’m concerned about what he stands for. Not how he’s doing in the caucuses.” Wilcox, a retired SUNY Oneonta English professor, was drawn to Sanders’ belief that healthcare and education should be free for all. “To be a teacher is to be an idealist,” she said. “You have to believe that people
can change if they have the opportunity to do so. Poor children shouldn’t be kept from college.” A resiSanders dent of Cooperstown since 1969, Wilcox was a founding member of Friends of the Library, as well as poetry
and writing groups. “I know a lot of people,” she said. “So when Phil asked me if I would collect signatures, I said yes.” “We had eight people passing out petitions and gathered 178 signatures,” said Durkin. And Sanders volunteerdriven campaign is attractive to her, as someone who has worked for public financing of elections. “Big money shouldn’t be able
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to buy elections,” she said. “Citizens United must go.” She also volunteers at the food pantry, where she sees how the low minimum wage affects families, another cause Sanders has pledged to reform. “It’s not right that Wal-Mart workers should have to come to the food pantry,” she said. “And it’s wrong that we should be supporting the billions of dollars the WalMart owners have when we
should be supporting those families.” She managed to garner 14 signatures before the New York Board of Elections closed the petitioning process, but by then, enough signatures had been gathered in the 19th district to get Sanders on the ballot. “I don’t know if Bernie will deliver,” she said. “But at least he avows to deliver.”
DESTINATION ONEONTA Member Services Manager
Destination Oneonta seeks an individual responsible for membership recruiting, retention and engagement. This is a part-time position, starting immediately – 20-to-30 hours a week. The position is primarily daytime hours with some weekend/evening hours. Strong interpersonal skills required. Interested applicants should email resume and letter of interest to: destinationoneonta@gmail.com. Application deadline is 2/15/2016.
Part-Time Civilian Dispatcher Contract Management Specialist The Regulatory & Legal Affairs at NYCM Insurance is seeking a talented, motivated and technically inclined individual for the position of Contract Management Specialist. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment with potential for advancement. NYCM Insurance offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. This position will systematically and efficiently manage contract creation, execution, and analysis for the purpose of maximizing financial and operational performace and minimizing risk. The incumbent will review, interpret, and analyze the terms and conditions of contracts; Understand the business application of the service or tool we are entering into contract for; Coordinate communications among all impacted parties to ensure full contract visibility and awareness; Provide solutions to mitigate risk to the corporation; Authority for approval on contracts; Document management; Contract negotiation skills; and other duties as assigned. The successful candidate must have Bachelor’s degree with Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 3 years Contract Management experience; Familiarity with legal terminology preferred; An understanding of the intent of contract language; Srong attention to detail; Ability to multi-task; Self-motivated; Strategic thinking; Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
The City of Oneonta is accepting applications for the position of Part-Time Civilian Dispatcher. Applications should be submitted by February 26, 2016. Applications and job description are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main St., or at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel EOE
Building & Grounds Maintenance Worker The City of Oneonta Engineering Department is seeking applications for a full-time Building & Grounds Maintenance Worker. Applications and Minimum Qualifications are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main Street at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel. Application deadline: February 29, 2016.
To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com. Specify Contract Management Specialist as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.
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Associate Actuary
The Product Management Division at NYCM Insurance is seeking a talented, motivated and technically inclined individual for the position of Associate Actuary. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment with potential for advancement. NYCM Insurance offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. This position will fulfill an actuarial ratemaking, reserving, and product analysis role. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting all aspects of traditional rate level pricing indications, loss reserving analysis, and evaluation of financial results by line of business. The incumbent will work with team members in the development and maintenance of one of the primary product lines by monitoring rate level analysis, product pricing, and competitive pricing alignment; May need to analyze business pricing from an Underwriting and Claims perspective; Work with various team members to retrieve data from various internal and external sources in preparation for analysis; Construct modeling datasets that support GLM based model development; Run or modify existing database queries against multiple computer sources; Verify accuracy of data pulled and revise methods of data retrieval by following a standard process Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and presentations of analysis to support financial forecasts, recognition and/ or identification of performance trends, corporate initiatives, and cross divisional alignment and communication. The successful candidate must have Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Finance, Mathematics, Accounting, Economics or Statistics. Candidate should posess 1-3 years of insurance analysis experience including reporting line/interaction with management; have successfully completed and passed at least one actuarial exam. Skill set should include intermediate knowledge of business processes and analytical support systems; Intermediate computer skills including MS Office and demonstrated skills in Excel, Access, SQL, and SAS; Intermediate understanding of Business Objects and database concepts; Be detail oriented with thorough understanding of insurance concepts; have strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity; Have good written and oral communication and presentation skills; The flexibility to work on multiple projects simultaneously; the ability to learn new concepts, processes, and applications quickly; and be a team player within and across teams. To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com. Specify Associate Actuary as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.
Associate Product Analyst The Product Management Division at NYCM Insurance is seeking a talented, motivated and technically inclined individual for the position of Associate Product Analysis. We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment with potential for advancement. NYCM Insurance offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. The incumbent will be responsible for working with team members to provide greater visibility into product level performance trends through the development of product performance analysis and reporting. The incumbent will work with teammates to identify opportunities, refine product frameworks, and help with discovering opportunities and solutions to product related challenges. Duties include: support the development and maintenance of a given product line; Monitor performance including growth and profitability; Provide support of the given product line by analyzing business performance from a Marketing, Underwriting and Claims perspective so as to allow for greatest degree of insight into loss experience trends and related pricing schemes; work with teammates in a data gathering capacity to retrieve data from various internal and external sources in preparation for modeling or complex variable analysis; Run or modify existing database queries against multiple computer sources; Work towards development and use of SAS to structure data sets for structuring of data, production of reports and analysis ; Verify accuracy of data pulled and revise methods of data retrieval by following a standard process; Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and charts of data; May at times act as liaison for Product Management by working and collaborating with other NYCM business units; Supports business area projects by applying general knowledge of the business area processes including best practices; Sharing knowledge within team setting; Build on reporting and analysis skills as well as business understanding through internal and external course work. The successful candidate must have Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Finance, Mathematics, Accounting, Economics or Statistics. Candidate should possess proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, skill requirements include beginner level familiarity with SAS, Emblem and Radar with demonstrated skills in Excel, Access, SQL, including the ability to create, manipulate and formulate spreadsheets and databases; Innovative thinker with creative problem-solving skills; Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills; Ability to learn new concepts, processes, and applications quickly; and be a team player. To apply, please complete an online application on the NYCM careers page at www.nycm.com. Specify Associate Product Analyst as “Area of Interest” on the employment application.
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Heavy Equipment Operator
The City of Oneonta Public Service Department is seeking applications for a full-time Heavy Equipment Operator. Applications and Minimum Qualifications are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main Street or at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel. Application deadline: February 26, 2016.
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Senior Library Clerk The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam for Senior Library Clerk on April 23. Application deadline is March 18. Applications and announcements are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main St. or at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel
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Geographic Information System Technician The City of Oneonta Engineering Department is seeking applications for a temporary Geographic Information System Technician. Applications and Minimum Qualifications are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main Street and at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel. Application deadline: February 26.
EOE
Administrative Specialist
The Oneonta Municipal Civil Service Commission announces an open-competitive exam for Administrative Specialist on April 23. Application deadline is March 18. Applications and announcements are available at the Personnel Office, 258 Main St or at www.oneonta.ny.us/personnel.
EOE
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MLS#97561 $89,500 1873 Classic In Village, walk to everything. Sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen. Was 2-family, still could be. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour.com
MLS#103858 $329,900 170+ acres, w/pastures, crop land. Was a dairy farm for many years. 3-BR, 1-bath ranch w/country kitchen, LR w/woodstove. Garage, dairy barn, run-in barn. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#99706 $398,000 Circa 1880 modernized farmhouse, barn, workshop, garage, apartment, 32 acres, views, ponds. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour2.com
MLS#99436 $549,000 1700s Tunnicliff Family Mansion English pub, wood-fired pizza oven, 30’ bar, casual DR, woodburning fireplaces. 6-BR, 6-bath B & B w/formal DR. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#103665 $600/mo 1-BR Apartment Minutes to Cooperstown! Beautiful historic building. Spacious LR. Lots of natural light/closets. Off-street parking. Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)
MLS#103239 $299,000 115’ Canadarago Lakefront AC, new bay window, rebuilt front stoop. 2,275 sq ft metal storage building, dog kennel. All on 2 level acres of lawn facing the lake. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#99448 $44,500 4.2 Building Acres Outstanding view of Canadarago Lake. At the top of the hill, on a dead-end road. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#101629 $239,900 Hide Away or Play! This immaculate 3-BR retreat on 92 mostly wooded acres is bordered by State land on 2 sides. A hunter’s paradise! Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#102053 $319,000 Priced Far Below Owner Investment! Quality Beaver Mountain log home features 4 BRs, 3 baths, on 13+ scenic acres in the Cooperstown School District. Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#103895 $92,000 2,100 sq ft home w/4 BRs, 2 baths, gas fireplace, master BR suite, front porch, deck, garage. Split-rail fencing around .37-acre corner lot. Large backyard. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#103935 $449,000 Picturesque Pierstown Gorgeous view, qualitybuilt, 4 BRs, 2½-baths, 3,500+/- sq ft, 2-car garage, 5+/- acres, pond. Center hall, hardwood floors. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#103957 $159,000 Cooperstown Village Victorian Priced below 2016 full assessment. 2 or 3 BRs, 1 bath, hardwood floors, spacious kitchen w/island, laundry, wrap-around porch. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#103836 $235,000 Great Business Opportunity – Automotive Owner Financing! 19-year established business. Approximately $60K equipment and inventory. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#103664 $675/mo 2-BR Apartment Minutes to Cooperstown! Spacious, bright, efficient, great storage in beautiful historic building. Off-street parking. Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)
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MLS#102118 $212,800 Nicely situated 4-BR, 2-bath home on 5+ acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/double front bay windows, fantastic views. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
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MLS#103491 $349,900 Exceptional 4-Season Home on Canadarago Lake Few lake homes have this comfort in/out. Enjoy boating, fishing, snowmobiling or relaxing lakeside. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#103489 $169,000 Original Character, Modern Comfort Village home is being sold for less than what has been invested. Call now to see this opportunity while still available. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#103037 $99,000 Priced Far Below Appraised Value! More than 54’lake frontage with incredible water views. This waterfront cottage awaits your vision and loving care. Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#103862 $154,999 Green Acres! 20+ magnificent acres, Currier and Ives farmhouse w/4 BRs, 1½ baths. New hot water tank, septic, electrical panel, metal roof! This is a must-see. Call Marie “Michelle” Miller @ 607-353-2147 (cell)
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NO SNOW – BUT LOTSA FUN! In Lakefront Park on the first day of the 49th Cooperstown Winter Carnival, little Jaylynn Banner of Hartwick reacts with delight at the first brilliant blast over Otsego Lake. With her is mom Kayla.
Above, Cooperstown’s Jim Donley takes a deep breath after sampling 10 entries in the Pigskin Chili Contest Sunday, Feb. 7, at the Vets’ Club. Participants voted the Nicoletta’s/ Danny’s chili “numero uno.” At right, Tim Feury, 3 (now 4), is all smiles on finding the Winter Carnival medallion, this year in the form of a golden football, and winning the $500 prize from The Freeman’s Journal. With him is dad Ted. CCS students and brothers Simon and Theo Ignatovsky perform a duet of “Mamma Mia” at the Friends of Music & Art Cabaret Friday evening, as the carnival opened.
Mike Rutledge, Westford, heads west on Main Street from Woodside Hall en route to another victory in the annual Bob Smullens 10K Run, now in its 44th year. He finished in 40.58. Behind him is Wayne Allen, Oneonta, who finished second in 41.09. Rutledge has been running in the Winter Carnival mainstay for “more than 20 years,” and has won more times than he can remember. This is Allen’s second year at the event. Josh Edmonds won the 5K in 16:29 Dina Sams’ Sophie, who went on to win the Susquehanna Animal Shelter Dog Show in Pioneer Park on Saturday, basks in the admiration of fans before going on to win first place. Sophie, trained by Dina’s daughter Anna, has claimed first place slots in the past, too.
Kim Loftus, Mount Vision, representing Dobler’s Brewery, which went on to win the Wishbone Chicken Wing Contest Saturday afternoon at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, serves the delicacy to Henrik Green, Hartwick, son of Will Green and Susan Strandberg.
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GROVER’S GHOST: While never visiting here, President Grover Cleveland was the topic of discussion in the spring of 1892, when the Republican state convention met at Richfield Springs and nominated Benjamin Harrison for president, a decision affirmed by the national convention in Minneapolis that summer. Cleveland won the popular vote that fall but lost the electoral college, and Harrison became president. Cleveland ran again in 1896 and won, the only president to serve non-sequential terms.
n the early afternoon of Aug. 1, 1783, George Washington stood in the vicinity of Council Rock Park at the head of the Susquehanna River, surveying a view quite similar to what is seen today, (except for a
OBAMA AND LITTLE VAN: Barack Obama, when he spoke at the Hall of Fame in May 2014, became only the second sitting president to visit Otsego County, after Martin Van Buren in 1849.
slightly lower water level, raised by the later construction of the Mill Street bridge and dam behind Bassett Hospital.) “I am anxiously desirous to quit the walks of public life,” he reflected on his post-Revolution Upstate sightseeing tour in a letter to a friend, the Marquis of Chastellux, “and under my own vine and my own fig tree to seek those enjoyments, and that relaxation, which a mind that has been continually on the stretch for more than eight years, stands so much need of.” Ralph Birdsall, the Christ Church rector who reported on the visit in his 1917 “The Story of Cooperstown,” sees Cooperstown’s famous vistas as the catalyst of those ruminations from The Father of Our Country. “Weary of war, and longing for some tranPlease See PRESIDENT, B3 At right, a mortar at the source of the Susquehanna commemorates Clinton’s Dam, a site Washington visited on Aug. 1, 1783. Inset above is Swanswick, near Otsego Lake’s north end, where a ball was held that evening in the general’s honor, and where he spent the night.
CLINTON & BUSH: If Hillary Clinton were to be elected president, she would join presidents like George W. Bush, who visited the county before their election. She toured the county with U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan while running to succeed him in 2000. T.R. IN ONEONTA: Former President Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Oneonta in 1915 and, while there, stayed in Congressman George Fairchild’s mansion at Main Street and Grand Street, now the Masonic Temple. WITH OWEN D. YOUNG: Then-governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt was featured speaker at the 1931 dedication of the Owen D. Young Central School. Young, the Jordanville native who founded GE, was considered a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 1932. FDR, who wasn’t even on the radar in 1931, won the nod.
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“The Lansdowne Portrait” by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned in 1796, depicts George Washington declining to run for a third term as president. It hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The Doric columns in the background are said to symbolize the Roman republic, a model for the U.S. He wears a dress sword, not a battle sword, symbolizing democracy over monarchy or military dictatorship. The rainbow signifies the Revolutionary War giving way to peace.
GARFIELD ROOTS HERE: As a young woman, President James Garfield’s mother passed through Otsego County with her family, heading to Ohio. Thomas Garfield of Worcester was smitten and pursued her to Ohio, where they married, and their children included future President James Garfield.
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AUTHOR VISIT -- 2 p.m. David Brenner discusses his new book, “The Life and Letters of Christopher F. Kompare, U.S.N.” Brenner will share the sailor’s story, memorabilia, and his own observations about the “The Greatest Generation.” Free; all welcome. St. James Retirement Community, 9 St. James’ Place, Oneonta. CABIN FEVER FILM -- 6 p.m. party; 7 p.m. film. Final night of “Cabin Fever” film series, featuring animated hit “Minions.” Free.
Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Fenimore Art Museum, and Glimmerglass Festival. “Minion” themed party for kids and their families leads up to film. Refreshment sales to aid Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Grandstand Theater, National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www. baseballhall.org/events SQUARE DANCE -- 7:3010 p.m., Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club of Cooperstown hosts. $5 person at door. Ray Taylor calls; Elma Taylor cues. Cooperstown Elementary
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO School, Walnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8665 or (607) 264-8128. THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m. Feb. 13-14). Hartwick College Theatre Arts Program presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Admission $10 general; $5 Hartwick community & all local students with school ID. Lab Theatre, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, West St., Oneonta.
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GLOBAL PERCUSSION WORKSHOP -- 10 a.m.-noon. (also Feb. 27 & April 9). First of three hands-on public workshops in global percussion, “Global Beats for Global Song.” Led by prof. Julie Licata and her SUNY Oneonta
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Global Percussion students. $5 per workshop; attendance at all 3 sessions recommended. Instruments provided, or bring your own. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Register in advance with Katie Boardman at (607) 435-4568 or email boardkatie@gmail.com VALENTINE’S GALA -- 6-9 p.m. Wholesome entertainment, fellowship, food. Mime artists Barb Field and Abbey Koutnik entertain. $20 per person benefits Retreat Cafe. Calvary Hill Retreat Center, 290 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, res., (607) 4324926 or email calvaryhillretreat@ yahoo.com THEATER -- 8 p.m. Hartwick College Theatre Arts Program final performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Admission $10 general; $5 Hartwick community & all local students with school ID. Lab Theatre, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, West St., Oneonta. Info, email Katelyn at welchk@hartwick.edu
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SOUP! -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Little White Church, Church Street, Schuyler Lake. THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 8 p.m. Feb. 12-14). Hartwick College Theatre Arts Program presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Admission $10 general; $5 Hartwick community & all local students with school ID. Lab Theatre, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, West St., Oneonta. Info, email Katelyn at welchk@ hartwick.edu
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CHAMBER LUNCHEON -- Family Farm Day panel discussion 10:30-11:45 a.m.; luncheon 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Network with other local business representatives; hosted by Otsego County Chamber of Commerce. Keynote speakers are state Assemblyman Pete Lopez (District 102), and Aaron MacLeod, director, Center for Craft & Food Beverage at Hartwick College. $25 ($35 non-members). Holiday Inn, Rte 23, Oneonta. Info, res., (607) 432-4500 x207, or www. otsegocc.com.
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MOBILE LIBRARY -- 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays & Thursdays monthly. Four-county Cybermobile visits Oneonta, Schenevus, Westford, South Valley & Middlefield, Thursdays Jan 21, Feb. 18 & March 17. Info, times, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile)
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VALENTINE’S DANCE -- 7-9 p.m. Arc Otsego’s Valentine’s Dance features DJ Tom King. $2 admission, light refreshments served. All welcome. Holiday Inn, 5206 Rte. 23, Oneonta. Info, www.arcotsego.org, (607) 4328595. CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association presents The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Canada’s choral group dedicated to Afrocentric music, and named for composer Dett. Tickets $25 ($6 students) at Green Toad Bookstore and Eighth Note in Oneonta, or at door. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org. MORE CALENDAR, B7
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Lull After Yorktown While Treaty Debated Allowed Upstate Trip Otsego (then Tryon) County PRESIDENT/From B1 visit, he had some time on quil retreat from the cares his hands. of his exalted station,” So, with a party of 40 Birdsall writes, “as he officers – Gov. George looked down upon the Clinton joined them along scene which has become the way – Washington familiar to all lovers of departed on July 18 from Cooperstown – the peacehis Newburgh headquarters ful lake, with verdant on a 750-mile journey. He hills surrounding, and the visited Ticonderoga, Crown Sleeping Lion at the end In 1779, Point, Saratoga and Scheof the vista – the calm Washington beauty of this view, rather had ordered nectady, then proceeded up than the splendid images Gen. James the Mohawk Valley, stopping July 30 at the Peter of martial triumph, was Clinton to Wormuth house, (demolreflected in the soul of rout the Washington.” Iroquois and ished in 1865), across the Mohawk River from Fort Washington’s visit here burn their Plain, where he was treated came at what, for the gen- villages. to a “large and satisfactory eral, was a time of rare inaction. Cornwallis’ surrender at supper.” From the stopping points, it Yorktown, Va., on Oct. 19, 1781, appears Washington wanted to see had ended hostilities with the some of the key Revolutionary British. While negotiations were battlefields for himself, but a 1932 underway on the Treaty of Paris, which would be signed on Sept. 3, paper by Leslie W. Devereux, a Mohawk Valley historian, reports 1783, a month after the general’s
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If General Washington came down to the source of the Susquehanna River from Chicken Farm Hill Road, it’s likely he first saw the remains of Clinton’s Dam from the far river bank, Cooperstown Village Historian Hugh MacDougall surmises.
he was also looking to buy land in a “tract of country celebrated for the fertility of its soil and the beauty of its situation” – the Mo-
hawk Valley and its environs. “There is little descriptive material available regarding Washington’s 19-day trip through
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‘Pioneers’ Dramatized Most Likely Route PRESIDENT/From B3 would be interesting to know the exact route he followed and where he stopped on the way.” And he does his best to figure it out. The morning of the 31st, according to the account, Washington crossed the river to Fort Plain, where he was received with military honors, and that afternoon his party rode the 11 miles to Cherry Valley, where they stayed overnight. “On Aug. 1, they rode the 13 miles to Otsego Lake and the site of Cooperstown,” is Devereux’s slight reference to that – for us – historic day. Village Historian Hugh
MacDougall believes Washington may have crossed what today is Chicken Farm Hill Road. He would have seen Glimmerglass – so named 60 years later in “The Deerslayer” (1841) – from the vicinity of Star Field, descended past the future quarry behind Lakeview Cemetery, then traveled a short distance, past today’s Woodside Hall and the Lakelands mansion, to the east side of Clinton’s Dam. That route is described in the opening chapter of “The Pioneers” (1823), when Judge Temple and his daughter approach the future Templeton on a sleigh in mid-winter.
Even riding Nelson, his beloved charger, it’s unlikely General Washington and his party could have ridden from Fort Plain to Cherry Valley, Cooperstown, around Otsego Lake and back up the Continental Road to Canajoharie, 50-some miles over uneven terrain. Despite some accounts, it makes sense he would have stayed at Swanswick overnight.
Alternately, the general’s party may also have continued along today’s Route 33, approaching the future village from the south, MacDougall said. There’s not enough original material to be certain. At the time, there wouldn’t have been much on the site of today’s Cooperstown. George Croghan, the king’s land agent, had a cabin near the entry to the Susquehanna in 1769-70, according to the historical marker in front of the Leatherstocking Corp., but the region was mostly occupied by Native Americans passing through and a smatPlease See PRESIDENT, B5
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Through Judge Cooper, Washington Maintained Connection PRESIDENT/From B4 tering of European woodsmen. It was Gen. James Clinton, commander of the northern contingent of the 1779 ClintonSullivan Expedition to pacify the Iroquois, who brought an army of 1,400 men to the site in 1779, five years before the Washington visit. He built a dam, raised Otsego Lake’s water level 2 feet, and on Aug. 9 blew up the dam, and his 200 “bateaux,” flat-bottom river boats, swiftly carried his army to Oquaga, the chief Iroquois village, near Afton, where all buildings were burned and crops destroyed. On his visit, Washington – after the Cherry Valley Gilbert Massacre on Nov. Stuart’s 1, 1778, at the portrait direction of Conof Judge gress, he ordered Cooper Clinton and Gen. is in The John Sullivan, Fenimore coming from the Art Musouth, to destroy seum. tribes allied with the British on the northern frontier – would have seen substantial evidence of Clinton’s Dam. According to Birdsall, many of the original logs remained in place until 1825, when they were removed as part of a statewide celebration of the opening of the Erie Canal. In 1838, Cooper reported in his “Chronicles of
reports. So Washington wouldn’t have arrived in Canajoharie until Aug. 2, and thence back to Newburgh, a 45-day trip in all. British troops left New York City on Nov. 25, and on Dec. 4 the British fleet left New York’s harbor. That night, Washington bid farewell to his officers at the famous “turtle feast” at Fraunces Tavern, still standing in lower Manhattan, then rode down to Mount Vernon and then Annapolis, where Congress was in session. He resigned his command on Dec. 23, 1783. But that wasn’t the end to George Washington’s relationship with Cooperstown and Otsego County. In 1791, William Cooper, Cooperstown’s founder (and the novelist’s father), seeking an alternative to sugar from the British Alan Taylor used this cut, “Women Visiting A Sugar-Maple Camp in the Woods,” to illustrate West Indies, sent a case of Amerithe manufacturing process at the time William Cooper was seeking to develop maple syrup can maple syrup and maple rum as an alternate to sugar from the British West Indies. to the then-president, according to Alan Taylor’s “William Cooper’s Cooperstown” that remnants of the about 5 miles an hour, accordBirdsall offers an alternative: Town.” dam were still visible. ing to Tammy Sousa, Hartwick By then, Col. Richard Cary, an “Washington accepted, wrote By all accounts, Washington College equestrian coach, so it’s aide to Washington during the a gracious reply” – to his fellow was a superb horseman – “The likely he didn’t arrive at the future hostilities, had built Swanswick Federalist – “and emulated his secbest horseman of his age,” JefCooperstown until early to mid – it still stands today, aside Otsego retary of state (Jefferson) by plantferson called him – and his party afternoon. Lake, next to the Otsego Golf ing a few maple trees at Mount undoubtedly made pretty good By the evening, Devereux has Course in Springfield. (Cary’s Vernon,” Taylor reported. time. Still, the general was hosted Washington arriving in Canajohadaughter Ann married James From humble beginnings in at breakfast in Cherry Valley, and rie, having ridden to the north end Fenimore Cooper’s brother RichBurlington, N.J., Cooper returned – surrounded by adoring colonists of Otsego Lake (9 miles), then an- ard; then, a widow, she remarried to Philadelphia in 1795 as “a – probably didn’t extract himself other 13 miles up the Continental George Hyde Clarke and became wealthy and influential judge until mid-morning. Road, the route of Clinton’s army. the first mistress of Hyde Hall.) and congressman,” and WashingAt a trot, the general, even if Given Sousa’s estimates – 3 mph “George Washington was a ton “invited him to dine at least he was on his famous charger, at a walk, 5 at a trot, 10 at a canter guest there … in 1783, and a ball twice.” Nelson, would have covered – that seems unlikely. was held in his honor,” Birdsall
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THURSDAY, February 11, 2016
OBITUARIES
E. Roxanne Cannizzo, 80; Attended Knox School COOPERSTOWN – E. Roxanne “Roxy” Cannizzo, 80, who was raised in Cooperstown, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Leonardville Nursing Home, Leonardville, Kan. Mrs. Cannizzo was born Jan. 26, 1935, in Mount Vernon. the daughter of David and Elinor (Price) Hensle. She attended Knox College in The Otesaga during the off-season. She married Thomas Cannizzo on Sept. 3, 1960. She and her husband have made their home in Wakefield, Kan., for the past 49 years. She was a former member of P.E.O. in New York. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Cannizzo Sr.; two daughters, Sherri and
James R. Donnelly, 79; Dairy Farmer, Former Exeter Assessor
husband Jeff Childs of Junction City, Kan., and Tracy and husband Mike Myers of Clay Center, Kan.; three sons, Thomas Jr. and wife Andrea Cannizzo of Clay Center, Kansas, Jeff and wife Shelley Cannizzo of Wakefield, Kan., and Christopher and wife Julie Cannizzo of Wichita, Kan.; one brother, David and wife Beverly of Milford; 19 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepfather, Floyd Allen. A funeral service was held at Thursday, Jan. 28 at the Wakefield United Methodist Church, Wakefield. Burial was in the Highland Cemetery there.
SCHUYLER LAKE – James Reeves Donnelly Sr., 79, a retired dairy farmer and former Town of Exeter assessor, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening, Feb. 6, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He was born on July 19, 1936, in Cooperstown, son of the late William R. and Mary Kraham Donnelly. A lifelong Schuyler Lake resident, he was educated in Schuyler Lake and was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School. On Nov. 3, 1963, he
married the former Sharon A. Bucek in Saint Joseph’s Church, Richfield Springs. He owned and operated the Donnelly Dairy Farm in Schuyler Lake until his retirement in 2009. He served for a time as Exeter town assessor, and was also president of the Farmers Coop. He was a member of Saint Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Richfield Springs. Surviving are his loving wife of 52 years Sharon, two sons, Robert A. Don-
Martin H. Peeters, 23 Days; Survived By Parents, Sister WESTFORD - Martin Henry Peeters, 23 days, was born Jan. 12, 2016, in Albany, the son of Jeffrey M. and Molly (McGuire) Peeters and the brother of Katherine. He was predeceased by his brother, Wyatt in Jan. 2015. Martin spent 23 precious days with his loving family and friends. He was called to Heaven on Feb. 4, 2016, at The Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center. Martin’s family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for all the prayers, support and gifts from their beloved family
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nelly and James R. Donnelly Jr., both of Richfield Springs, his daughter, Laura A. Sheldon and her husband Thomas of Raleigh, N.C., a brother William Donnelly of Schuyler Lake, four grandchildren, Leah C. Donnelly, Sydney A. Sheldon, Cody Donnelly and Shayla Donnelly, several nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah A. Donnelly, one brother, Edwin T. Donnelly and a sister, Ann Marie Wilson.
A funeral mass was held Wednesday at St. Joseph’s, with the Rev. Silvaster Sarihaddula, pastor, officiating. Interment will take place later this spring in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery. There were no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund. Envelopes will be available at the church service. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.
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POLAR BEAR JUMP -- 12:30 p.m. Annual winter lake plunge raises funds for local families in medical need. Goodyear Lake, Rte. 28, Milford. Awards banquet follows at 6:30 p.m. at Oneonta Elks Club, 84-86 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 286-7101 or www.pbjump.com DINNER & COMEDY -- 5-7 p.m. dinner; 7:30 p.m. show. Dinner and comedy night, by Northern Country Comedy. Age 21 & over. $20 dinner & show; $12 show only in advance ($15 at door). Advance sales till Feb. 13. Sidney American Legion Post 183, 22 Union St., Sidney. Info, (607) 563-8031.
Sunday, February 21
LIBRARY TALK -- 3 p.m. Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, shares anecdotes from his tenure and thoughts on the Hall’s future. Free; part of Village Library of Cooperstown’s Sunday Program Series. Village Library, downstairs meeting room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 4343418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org
Wednesday, February 24
FLY CREEK MEET - 6 p.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society hosts annual “Show and Tell” program. Please bring in an item with historical significance to the
area, or to your family, so all may share stories and articles. Free, all welcome. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Fly Creek.
Saturday, February 27
HISTORY PROGRAM -- 2 p.m. Oneonta History Center’s Bob Brzozowski and Tom Heitz talk about Oneonta in 1866 and the first 50 years of the Center’s home building (the hardware store years, Walter Brown, and David & George I. Wilber). Free; all welcome. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. COFFEE HOUSE -- 7-9 p.m. at the Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake. The SLUMC Coffee House will be held the 4th Saturday of each month in the newly renovated Little White Church, one block from State Highway 28. Music in a range of genres by amateur local performers. Interested singers and musicians can sign up to perform. Light refreshments. Free and open to the public.
Sunday, March 13
SOUP! -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Little White Church, Church Street, Schuyler Lake.
Tuesday, March 15
Tuedays & Thursdays monthly. Four-county Cybermobile visits West Oneonta, Oneonta, Fly Creek, Schuyler Lake, Mt. Vision & Wells Bridge. Tuesdays Jan. 19, Feb. 16 & March 15. Info, times, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile)
Thursday, March 17
MOBILE LIBRARY --- 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays & Thursdays monthly. Four-county Cybermobile visits Oneonta, Schenevus, Westford, South Valley & Middlefield, Thursdays Jan 21, Feb. 18 & March 17. Info, times, (607) 723-8236 or check Twitter (@4clsCybermobile)
Sunday, March 20
LIBRARY TALK -- 3 p.m. Taylor Hollist, author and SUNY Oneonta retired professor, discusses his recent book on Eva Coo and a sensational 1930s murder on Crumhorn Mountain. Free; part of Village Library of Cooperstown’s Sunday Program Series. Village Library, downstairs meeting room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 4343418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org
Saturday, March 26
COFFEE HOUSE -- 7-9 p.m. at the Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake. The SLUMC Coffee House will be held the 4th Saturday of each month in the newly renovated Little White
Church, one block from State Highway 28. Music in a range of genres by amateur local performers. Interested singers and musicians can sign up to perform. Light refreshments. Free and open to the public.
Sunday, April 10
SOUP! -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Little White Church, Church Street, Schuyler Lake.
Friday, April 15
CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association presents The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Six strings play works by favorite Romantic composers. Tickets $25 ($6 students) at Green Toad Bookstore and Eighth Note in Oneonta, or at door. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org.
Sunday, April 17
LIBRARY TALK -- 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 of Cooperstown’s Sunday Program Series. Village Library, downstairs meeting room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 434-3418 or www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org
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Celebrating our 50th year!
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All OTSEGO. dining & entertainment SEASONS 1928-2016
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 | 7:30PM HUNT UNION BALLROOM, SUNY ONEONTA SINGLE TICKETS: GENERAL $25 | STUDENTS $6
Tickets available at the door or at THE GREEN TOAD Bookstore and THE EIGHTH NOTE, Oneonta • For ticket reservations call 607-433-7252. Visit us at OneontaConcertAssociation.org Five Star Subaru of Oneonta is proud to support the arts as Lead Sponsor of OCA’s 88th anniversary season. Five Star Subaru. wedosubaru.com Oneonta Concert Association programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. OCA is also supported by the Dewar Foundation, the A.C.Molinari Foundation and other area foundations. OCA is a member of ArtsOtsego. For information about events in Otsego County, call 800 843-3394
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