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26 Layoffs Balance Victory Goes To County ’16 Budget O’Brien REMEMBERING SERVICE B Hartwick Town Supervisor Race
7 Parttimers, 19 Fulltimers To Lose Jobs By DON MATHISEN
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oncerns about cars running the stop sign at Cooperstown Elementary raised by crossing guard Stretch Redding have led to the installation this week of solar-powered flashing lights that will blink, blink 24-7. Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets Committee chair, said this week she, Redding and Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh had independently observed similar lights at Center and Dietz in Oneonta, and though they might keep drivers alert at the student crosswalk in the village. EXPERT ARRIVES: Consultant Kennedy Smith, former president of the National Main Street Center, was here Monday, Nov. 9, meeting with the Comprehensive Plan committee on ways to diversity retail in downtown Cooperstown. AIDING FOOD BANK: The Scriven Foundation has again provided a holiday season grant to match donations to the Cooperstown Food Pantry for up to $5,000 during November and December. Donations may be sent to the food pantry, 25 Church St., Cooperstown NY 13326.
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58-year Vets’ Club auxiliary member Joan Clark had a place of honor in Cooperstown’s Veterans’ Day Parade Wednesday, Nov. 11, en route to 11-11-11 commemorations at the doughboy statue at the foot of Pine Boulevard. Driving is the Jeep’s owner, Joe Staruck, Schenevus; WWII veteran Bob Simmons is in the passenger seat/MORE PHOTOS, A3
he $9.2 million gap in Otsego County’s proposed 2016 budget is closed. It took the layoffs of 19 full-time and 7 part-time county employees, slashing some services and raising property taxes by about $100,000 total, the maximum allowed under the state property tax cap. The layoffs, agreed on Friday, Nov. 6, by the county board’s Budget Review Committee and county Treasurer Dan Crowell, followed six weeks of discussion. Please See BUDGET, A7
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ob O’Brien, the father of triplets, is used to surprises. Still, when Hartwick’s surpriserich election year ended Tuesday, Nov. 10, you can understand why the Hartwick O’Brien town supervisor-elect declared, “Thank God it’s over.” O’Brien learned that day that, 233 to 229, he had defeated two-term incumbent (and longtime Town Board member) David Butler after months of campaigning, legal challenges and political infighting to claim the top office in Otsego County’s fastest-growing town. A Please See O’BRIEN, A7
On-Street Parking Settled, Residential Permits Await By JIM KEVLIN
Tom Knight, left photo, plays “Taps,” as veterans Bill Tallman, right foreground, and John Orilio salute. Robert Iverson echoed Knight’s trumpet.
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illagers whose heads may still be spinning over on-street parking, P&D machines and downtown parking permits, now have another concept around which to wrap their brains.
Residential parking permits. The Village Board has scheduled a “workshop meeting” for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Mayor Jeff Katz anticipates a free-floating discussion to see if there is any consensus on the matter. The public is welcome, but no public comment. “The residential permit Please See PERMITS, A6
‘Second Family’ Thanks Bill Streck $1.2 Million Clinic Named In Honor Of Former Bassett CEO By LIBBY CUDMORE EDMESTON
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ill Streck had every reason to be humbled by the opening of the Dr. William F. Streck Health Center at Pathfinder Village. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal “I was talking to a friend about it, and
he said, ‘Let me get this straight. Bassett starts a clinic in a farmhouse. Then you became president of Bassett. You retire. Dr. Vance Brown opens a clinic and they name it after you’?” he recalled during his remarks at the clinic’s opening reception Friday, Nov. 6. “When I thought about it that way, there was some humility.” Please See STRECK, A7
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Doug Walker, past commander of the Cooperstown Vets’ Club, is flanked by other members in firing a salute during Cooperstown’s Veterans’ Day commemorations Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the “doughboy” statue at the foot of Pine Boulevard.
FOR HEROISM, GRATITUDE Judy Rose observes the burning of the flags with, from left, Faith Chase, Robert Baker and Rosemary Summers. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
Veterans salute and observers stand solemnly as discarded Stars & Stripes are ceremoniously burned, a Veterans’ Day tradition.
Dr. John Raymond brought his children and their friends to observe the Veterans’ Day ceremonies. From left are Jaina Bischof, Gabriella Raymond, Vincent Stiles and John Luke Raymond.
Observing Veterans’ Day activities are, from left, Polly and Jim Renckens, Jim and Gayle Smith, and Earl and Cindy Peterson. Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman, center, directs fire department contingent.
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ead the city charter: Meg Hungerford does not have the qualifications to be Oneonta city manager. Efforts to put her in that position regardless damaged the last year of the Miller Administration, and continuing efforts to do so are preventing the implementation of a sensible city charter approved by 75 percent of the voters. It’s past time for Mayor Gary Herzig to close the door on the Hungerford option and move on. Instead, by forming an ad hoc committee to review the charter, and asking that the review be done before the end of the year so the current Common Council can fasttrack any changes, the new mayor risks poisoning his administration with many city voters before it’s even begun. • By all accounts, Hungerford is an excellent financial officer. But she lacks the training, experience and qualifications specified in the charter for the $120,000 position: • One, she lives in East Meredith, 10 miles from Oneonta (and in another county, Delaware, not Otsego.) • Two, she lacks the master’s degree in public administration or
a related field. (Does the home to Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta really believe that doesn’t matter?) • Three, she lacks the relevant professional experience. There’s nothing the matter with not meeting the qualifications for Oneonta city manager. Many people don’t. Many brainy, happy and successful people don’t meet the qualifications for brain surgeon, or construction engineer, or ship captain; but they don’t seek do brain surgery, build skyscrapers or pilot a Viking cruise ship. • Incoming Council member Melissa Nicosia, a human-resources professional at SUNY Oneonta, was terrific at the first meeting of the ad hoc committee Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the mayor’s conference room at City Hall. Former mayor John Nader, the committee chair, was sensibly leading five of the six members – Council member Chip Holmes was absent; Herzig said he plans to name a seventh member, but has not done so yet – through the charter, page by page. When the page on residency came up, Council member Russ Southard, acting mayor during City Hall’s past troubled year,
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Incoming Council member Melissa Nicosia’s fresh perspective cut through the accretions: Qualifications contained in the Oneonta City Charter matter. With her is fellow charter review member David W. Brenner.
said: “It’s come up before that we should think about waiving that requirement.” (Here we go again.) But Nicosia’s rebuttal was clear:
“I have a problem with a city manager making decisions that impact me, but don’t impact them because they live out of town.” “Other people would be living by laws that the city manager executed,” Nader added, supporting Nicosia. “I respect Russ, but I don’t agree.” Southard and fellow Council member Maureen Hennessy were inclined to substitute “life experience” – Meg, again – for credentials, but Nader, Nicosia and David W. Brenner showed a better appreciation of specific training and experience. • It’s a no brainer. When people with fresh perspectives look at Oneonta City Hall’s dysfunctional reaction to professional government under the city charter, they’re mystified. Implementing professional management in municipal government is common; it’s not building a rocket ship to Mars. Hundreds of towns and cities have done it successfully – the professional manager at Oneonta, Ala., has been on the job 13 years. There’s no reason why Oneonta, N.Y., shouldn’t have similar success. A professional city manager
doesn’t just handle the finances. He or she brings training and experience, a grasp of best practices and success stories elsewhere, grantsmanship, professional connections, problem analysis, skills in labor negotiations, an ability to deploy resources in emergencies. Foremost, he or she has a vision of what a successful community – an optimum Oneonta – looks like, and can bring a community together behind that idea. • Yes, there’s a particularly sticky issue in Oneonta’s City Hall: The employees – not just rank and file, but department heads – rose up and threw out the last city manager. The next city manager will have to regain control of 258 Main St. and get the city workforce focused on citizens’ needs, not internal gamesmanship. That’s not going to be easy, and it’s hard to imagine a peer with no general management experience accomplishing it. But there were 322,137,549 Americans as of 11:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11. There must be one among them capable of being Oneonta city manager – even Please See EDITORIAL, A6
COUNTY ENVISIONS FUTURE – FROM GROUND UP
Oneonta Town High Superintendent Jim Hurtubise discusses shared services at the Thursday, Nov. 5, road chiefs’ session at The Meadows. At right in Cooperstown DPW Chief Brian Clancy.
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Under a $48,000 contract, the he future awaits. Albany-based Laberge con“So far they have sultants are holding a series of been pretty consismeetings with county officials, tent with the need for broadband, municipal stake holders and the cell towers general public. and the need Also, agricultural for improved opportunities and communication creating affordthroughout the able housing were county,” said issues of interest to Benjamin Syden, the public attendvice president of ing sessions that Laberge Group, evening at SUNY after a day of Oneonta and the focus groups Edmeston, Richfield Cooperstown Village Thursday, Nov. Trustee Jim Dean, cen- Springs and Unatter, works through is5, with town ego central schools. officials and the sues with county Rep.Current trends elect Len Carson and public. identified by the Laberge’s Nicole Allen.
consultants include stagnant growth, a shrinking workforce and no appreciation in property values. Possible recommendations for county government involve improving efficiency, reducing costs and sharing services with municipalities. One idea that captured the imagination of county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, who Please See VISION, A6
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Oneonta residents, from right, Johnathan Gell and Pat Knuth examine a priority list at the evening session for the general public at SUNY Oneonta Thursday, Nov. 5. Others are, from left, county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, Laberge Junior Planner Rebecca Yanus, Planning Services Manager Nicole Allen and county Planning Director Karen Sullivan.
Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig tells Laberge Vice President Ben Syden, foreground, the county’s ec-dev effort has lost focus. Next to Herzig are Supervisors Joe Hurlburt, Otego, and Greg Relic, Unadilla.
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Condescending, Arrogant Editorial Fails To Heal Tensions To the Editor: In last week’s editorial, “Republicans Romped. Now, What Are They Going to Do?,” much was made of the results of the recent election for the Otsego County Board of Representatives. It was pointed out that county Republicans did very well, putting the Republicans, with 4,600 weighted votes, well ahead of the Democrats, with 1,627 weighted votes, in the county’s system of weighted voting. The editorial then launched into what might best be considered an extremely condescending explanation of the election of Meg Kennedy, County District 5, who was “The
big surprise to come out of the Hartwick hills...” Is one to surmise that there is something wrong with living in the Hartwick hills? The editorial continues with “...there’s nothing the matter with Kennedy... She’s educated (Cornell)...” Does this imply that someone who does not have a college education is not qualified to serve on the county Board of Representatives? And for that matter does the college education need to be from Cornell as opposed to SUNY Cobleskill, for example? After all, they both bespeak of an “educated” person. After detailing a number of the representative elections which were won by
Republican candidates, the editorial opines, “While county Republicans are to be congratulated, they certainly didn’t earn this larger majority on the merits.” And while this may be the opinion of the editorial, it would seem it was not the opinion of the voters in the county. And, when push comes to shove, it is what the voters think that ultimately matters. Evidently, the voters did not buy into the concept that “the $9.2 million gap that appeared in the prospective 2016 budget deserved to be a majority buster...” And then, in what would tend to be somewhat of a non sequitur, the editorial seems to indicate that the is-
sue of “The tension between newcomers and longtimers...” played a role in the election. However, when Please See LETTER, A6
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
175 YEARS AGO
Latter Day Saints – The Liverpool Chronicle contains the following: “The New York packet ship North America, Captain Lowbar, sailed on Tuesday with 19 cabin passengers and 200 in the steerage. The whole of the steerage passengers belong to a sect called “Latter Day Saints,” and are bound for Quincy in the State of Illinois, on the borders of the Mississippi, where a settlement has been provided for them by one of their sect, who has purchased a large tract of land in Illinois. We understand that upwards of 2,000 are in treaty to embark early next spring for the same locality. A great portion of those who sailed in the North America are members of the Total Abstinence Society, and are from Leicestershire and Herefordshire. November 9, 1840
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75 YEARS AGO
Nine men are to be called by Draft board No. 403, covering Cooperstown and 15 towns in Otsego County. However, this first quota may be filled entirely with volunteers who can be counted to satisfy the quota. Already, the district has six volunteers and it is thought that three more men may enlist before the induction date at Albany on November 28. The six volunteers are Angelo Pugliese, Albert Robert White, Robert N. Chase, Maynard M. Shumway, and Franklin N. Goddard, all of Cooperstown, and Albert J. Menan, of Richfield Springs. November 13, 1940
50 YEARS AGO
In Cooperstown: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Tyler, Jr., are parents of a daughter, Terri Lee, weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces at birth on October 19, at the Bassett Hospital. Members of the faculty and students at the Bell System’s Training Program met Tuesday of this week with the Cooperstown Rotary Club at the Hotel Otesaga, during its regular weekly luncheon session. It is a custom followed since the Bell System program was set up here four years ago and gives AT&T personnel and Rotarians a chance to get acquainted. November 10, 1965
150 YEARS AGO
Excerpts from an address by Florida Governor Marvin to an assemblage of recently emancipated former slaves. “My friends: You are aware that for the last four years that there has been waged a terrible war between the white men of the North and the white men of the South, during which time many battles were fought, a great many people killed, cities were burned, many plantations destroyed, and large tracts of country devastated. It was a white man’s war. It is true that a few colored men were enlisted in the army of the United States, but they fought no battles, or, if engaged at all in such, they were trifling affairs; indeed you had nothing to do with it. When it (the war) commenced, it was neither intended nor prosecuted with the end in view to liberate you from slavery. Neither the northern white man nor the Southern white man expected or intended such a result. Neither, therefore, is entitled to your thanks or gratitude. To a higher power should you feel grateful for your freedom today – the Providence and tender mercies of Almighty God. If you ask me the question whether the white man of the North or the white man of the South is your friend, I will answer you by saying that I hope and believe both of them are. But, if it comes to a question of certainty as to which of the two is your better friend, I shall answer plainly and tell you, the white men of the South.” November 10, 1865
125 YEARS AGO
News of the recent arrival from Paris of a lense for the object glass of the 40-inch telescope that is to be made by the Clarks of Cambridgeport, for the University of Southern California, has contracted considerable attention. A great deal of light may be thrown upon some of the vexed questions concerning Mars, Venus, and the other planets by the new telescope. There are very puzzling appearances on their
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Baseball Hall of Fame President Edward W. Stack will be keeping some pretty famous company this week when November 9, 1815 he accepts the United States Baseball Federation’s (USBF) surfaces, some of which seem to demand for their solution “Corporate Executive of the Year” Award. The USBF is the but a comparatively slight increase of telescopic power governing body of amateur baseball. Stack will join New beyond our present limit. But, as to inhabitants of other York Governor Mario Cuomo who will be honored with the planets, the new telescope will leave us as much in the dark USBF Achievement Award and by Tom Osenton, publisher, so far as the possibility of seeing them or their architectural president and chief operating officer of The Sporting News. monuments is concerned, as we have ever been. The awards will be presented at a luncheon at the Waldorf November 14, 1890 Astoria hotel in New York City. November 14, 1990
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The fact that he had imbibed two glasses of beer before he appeared at the Court House Monday afternoon to obtain naturalization papers, prevented Jeremiah Ahern of East Springfield from becoming an American citizen. When Ahern was being questioned by Justice Kiley, he was asked if he was temperate or intemperate. He hesitated and was asked by the Judge how many drinks he had before coming to the Court House. Ahern admitted that he had taken two drinks. “It’s just two too many,” replied Justice Kiley. “We will put your case over until February and in the meanwhile, cut out the drinking.” November 10, 1915
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If This Council Acts Before Jan. 1, Next Council Should Rescind Action EDITORIAL/From A4 succeeding brilliantly. This matters to more than Oneonta: With City Hall’s city-manager troubles, the idea of hiring a county manager – needed, given the $9.2 million budget gap that came out of nowhere – sounds laughable to many otherwise sensible people. The inevitable merger of the Town of Oneonta and the city has likewise been dealt a setback. Only in Cooperstown, where current village trustees are self-confident, fully in control and pursuing best practices, can the idea be discussed without a smirk. • Since he was appointed mayor, Herzig has been immersed in the
stifling City Hall atmosphere. Shake it off. With his appointment confirmed by the voters Tuesday, Nov. 3, he should remember he doesn’t work for city employees, but for the citizens at large and the good of the city. There’s nothing the matter with reviewing the charter. But the ad hoc committee is not a fair representation of the stakeholders. One person from the current Council – Southard, Hennessy OR Holmes, not all three – is sufficient to reflect that perspective. A member of the original Charter Revision Commission should be added, plus a respected member of the public, even a City Hall employee and/or department head. Mayor Herzig should forget the eight-week deadline – 5½ weeks when
you remove Thanksgiving week and Dec. 23 to the end of the year. That impossibly short timeline sends the message there’s a hidden agenda – very damaging, and perhaps true. • The city charter is about the future, not the past. The newly elected Common Council, as Melissa Nicosia exemplified the other night, is about the future, not the past. If the current Common Council votes to change the charter to give a job to one particular individual, the new Council members, taking office Jan. 1, must immediately rescind it. They should then proceed – calmly, prudently and with fresh eyes – with the business of city governance, including, foremost, professionalizing it.
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It was a proud day – Sept. 7, 2012 – when four mayors posed with Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, on City Hall’s steps. From left are John Nader, Kim Muller, Long, Dick Miller and David W. Brennan. Let’s recapture that feeling.
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Condescending, Arrogant Editorial Of No Benefit LETTER/From A4 it comes to elections, any tension which might arise would seemingly be based not on how long one has lived here, but rather what one expects of one’s county government. The editorial then makes the rather clairvoyant claim that “It’s likely they’ll (the Republicans) never have this wide a majority again,” concluding with, “Let’s hope they prove they can make it work for an improved common good.” And this final statement is perhaps the most puzzling aspect of the editorial. Is the assumption being made that no effort need be made for Republicans and Democrats to work together for the next two years for the good of the residents of
STAMMEL: Voters, Thanks For Your Help
To the Editor: Thank you to everyone who supported me and our campaign this fall. These races are long and difficult and without the support of friends, families, and neighbors, they would be impossible. Thank you especially to former Rep. Rich Murphy, whose eagerness to offer me assistance and advice was instrumental. In the end, the results were close. Town of Oneonta residents disagreed on some of the issues but they uniformly sent the message to us that they just want to see elected officials work hard and collaborate to deliver common sense results for our town and county. streets, residents with no In regard to the anonydriveways are competing mous flyers mailed the with tourists. On Elm and weekend before the elecPioneer, they are competing tion: I believe our residents with Bassett employees. are able to look beyond that Whatever law trustees kind of misguided nonsense come up with must be apand focus on the issues at proved by the state Legishand. lature, said Trustee Cindy Representative QuackenFalk, Streets Committee bush graciously called me chair, but she said that’s rare.
Otsego County? It would be nice to think that even though the Democrats did not fair as well as they no doubt wanted to, they will still be a part of the governing process. To even suggest that they might take their ball and go home would not seem a judgment to make regarding anyone, regardless of political party, who has chosen to spend their time and talent as a public servant. Additionally, the overall seemingly arrogant tone of the editorial does little, if anything, to heal the tension which is thought to exist between newcomers and old timers. In fact, it might well go a long way to convince the old timers that their skepticism regarding the newcomers is well founded. CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTH Cooperstown
Residential Permits Next Village Parking Issue PERMITS/From A1 idea goes back a long way,” said Katz, perhaps to 2007, when then-Trustee Lynn Mebust was chair the Streets Committee and began considering paidparking options. The idea – it’s common these days in major cities with neighborhoods like Beacon Hills, where homes don’t have driveways or garages – is to reserve a portion of parking spaces and allow neighbors who buy residential permits to park overnight or for extended periods during the day. The complaint trustees hope to address, Katz said,
Countywide, Citizens Talk About Vision Please See VISION, A6 championed the undertaking, is forming an alliance with the three community colleges in the region. “We are a fantastic exporter of gray matter,” said Hulse. “We have these wonderful colleges in Oneonta. Unfortunately, we don’t have a community college.” Hulse believes by working with regional schools, Otsego County can train and retain young people. He suggests getting students interested in careers and developing entrepreneurial skills while in high school. A summary meeting is planned in the next week, followed a written report to the county board before the end of the year.
is: “I can’t park by my house or close to my house.” Homes without driveways combined with a lack of on-street parking is an issue in some parts of the village, whose founder, Judge William Cooper, designed for closely packed-together houses. On Lake and River
the day after the election and, among other things, assured me that she had nothing to do with the flyers; and I Stammel do not doubt her. Janet and I may have disagreed on some issues and our approaches to local government, but she is a good person and cares about our community. I would urge our neighbors to thank her for her service. Going forward, I want to be the representative for all
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‘Second Family’ Thanks Bill Streck ties. STRECK/From A1 But the new clinic isn’t The clinic has five exjust for Pathfinder resiamination rooms, includdents. Like Pathfinder’s ing a bariatric exam room, coffee shop and Village plus a lab and phlebotomy Inn, the health center is room. “It’s a far cry from open to the all members of the one-room clinic on the community. South Street,” said Dan It’s just one piece of the Robinson, CEO of NYCM The William F. Streck Clinic larger mission of PathfindInsurance, located just er Village, said Lori Grace, assistant director west on Route 80. of development & public affairs. “We want The $1.2 million clinic was funded, in people in this community to be healthy,” part, by fundraising efforts from the Pathshe said. “We have our farmer’s market so finder Village Foundation, and state dollars people can have fresh vegetables, and we’re through the Empire State Development working on programming promoting better Corp., delivered by state Sen. Jim Seward, eating habits. This is another piece of that.” R-Milford, who is also a member of the Additionally, there is a dental clinic exPathfinder board. “After seeing this facility, I can say that it clusively for Pathfinder residents, who need to see a dentist for cleanings every three was a very good investment of state funds,” months. “This health center is vital to the he said. The Pathfinder residential comquality of life for the people at Pathfinder,” munity supports those who live with Down Syndrome and other developmental disabili- said Pathfinder CEO Paul Landers.
Used To Surprises, Triplets’ Dad Glad Race Over O’BRIEN/From A1 third candidate, Hartwick Town Board member Juli Sharratt, tallied 151. O’Brien’s whole enterprise was a handful of votes away from disaster at every step. It began over the summer, when O’Brien, the Hartwick hamlet fire chief for the past five years, won the endorsement from the Republican Town Committee over incumbent Butler. That led to a Republican primary on Sept. 10, where he inched past Butler, 50 votes to 49, too close to call. The outcome was in doubt for a week, and when the absentee ballots were counted Sept. 17, O’Brien and Butler were tied, 53-53. O’Brien
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had cross-filed as a Democrat, and also found himself tied with Sharratt, 34-34. The Republican contest then bounced back to the GOP Town Committee for a decision, and it again picked O’Brien over Butler. But the state Conservative Party’s executive committee, meeting Sept. 29 in New York City, gave its endorsement to Butler, who also filed on the independent Hartwick Pride line. Meanwhile, the GOP County Committee successfully sued to knock Sharratt off the Democrat ballot line, arguing one of her petitions lacked a proper address. However, Sharratt had also filed as an independent. So going into the Tuesday,
Nov. 3, general elections, all three candidates’ names appeared on the Hartwick ballot. So after all the voting and challenges, O’Brien, Butler and Sharratt were still on the ballot on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, but the uncertainty continued. When those ballots were counted, O’Brien led Butler, 222-216, but – again – sufficient absentee ballots were uncounted to move the election one way or the other. (Sharratt tallied only 139). So O’Brien’s relief on Nov. 10 was understandable. “It was an experience,” he said. “It was not a process that I enjoyed at all. But it’s over and we’re going to move ahead.” A graduate of New Hartford Central School and a Navy veteran, he served on the town’s emergency squad as well as fire chief, where he helped develop Hartwick Field Days. He and wife Beth have two daughters, Abigail, 6, and Hannah, 3. In September 2014, the family was joined by triplet sons, Noah, Hunter and Lucas.
7 Parttimers, 19 Fulltimers To Lose Jobs BUDGET/From A1 “I can’t remember a year where everyone loved everything that was in the budget,” said Crowell, who will file his tentative spending plan either Friday, Nov. 13, or the following Monday with Clerk of the Board Carol McGovern. “I’ve got just a few days to package it all together.” Then county reps will meet in a workshop session on any final adjustments, followed by a public hearing, probably Monday, Nov. 30. The final step will likely come two days later at the full board’s December meeting, where last minute amendments can be made in the $103 million spending plan. If the final amendments prevent the full board from agreeing on the approximately $103 million spending plan, then the treasurer’s budget automatically goes into effect, Crowell said. In the run-up to the December vote, some board members are working behind the scenes to make changes. “I will lobby for my point of view,” said Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and chair of the board. “I’ll try to make the case for what to keep in or take out.” The most contentious issues are job cuts and the pending decision by the county board not to distribute a portion of the bed tax to municipalities. Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, said there is no horse trading going on, but members discuss their concerns during committee meetings and in informal exchanges. Hulse is in the minority when it comes to the bed tax. “My thought is that the county should retain very little of the bed tax,” said Hulse. “It should be redistributed and reinvested in our communities. I’m always advocating for things like that.” Outgoing Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Hartwick, said she’ll vote against the spending plan. “They hit the Office of the Aging way hard,” said Schwerd. “They are a very small staff and they took one critical person from them.” And the view from the other side of the aisle? “I don’t think there are a lot of members trying to save positions,” said Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta. “There are a large number of board members who are fundamentally looking at smaller government.”
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GET MESSY: Come dressed to mess to Oneonta World of Learning’s annual Paintfest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Kids ages 2-12 encouraged to “Paint the Town,” with art related to community. $7.50 per child; $5 OWL members. Arc Otsego Oneonta Day Services building, 63 Lower River St., Oneonta. Info, register at worldoflearning@live.com OHS, CCS PLAYS: Cooperstown High presents “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical within a comedy, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Nov. 12-14 & 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. CCS Jr/Sr High Auditorium, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. In Oneonta, the OHS Blue & Gold Guild performs both the male and female versions of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple.” 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 12-14 & 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. (Female version Nov. 12 & 14; male version Nov. 13 & 15.) Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 Upper East St., Oneonta. FOOD & FARMING: Conference on Agritourism & The Business of Farming, open to all. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Registration link at www.farmersmuseum.org
COOPERSTOWN esla, the luxury electric car, needed vehicle-charging stations. The Select Registry of Distinguished Inns counts among its membership 300 “quality-assured premier beds and breakfasts, inns and hotels.” To both Tesla and Select Registry, an alliance just made sense. And it made sense to Marc and Sherrie Kingsley, proprietors of the
HOLIDAY SHOW & SALE: Opening reception for Cooperstown Art Association’s Holiday Show & Sale. 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Hors d’oeuvres, desserts, drinks. Free; all welcome. Sale on through Dec. 23. CAA, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9777 or www.cooperstownart.com
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CELLIST AT CSO: Catskill Symphony Orchestra hosts Lucas Button, performing Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto.” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. $30 adults (free for kids with one or two adults; free for veterans). Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Tickets, info, www.catskillsymphony.net
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The OTSEGO Newspapers — The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta — are joining with The Salvation Army to make a joyful Christmas for area families through its Angel Tree Program. This tradition dates back to 1921 with the creation of The Freeman’s Journal Christmas Fund by Editor & Publisher, Rowan D. Spraker Sr., as a way for neighbors to help others enjoy a happy holiday. This week marks the 92nd year of this community tradition, partnering this year with The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has gathered Christmas wish lists on this Christmas tree, grouped by family. Embrace one individual or an entire family, every gift is appreciated. Shop by yourself or with friends and colleagues. The more the merrier! Gifts should be both new and unwrapped (price tags removed please), and received no later than December 14 (to allow the elves time for wrapping and loading). Gifts may be dropped of at the offices of The Freeman’s Journal, 21 Railroad Avenue, Cooperstown, or at the Salvation Army Chapel, 25 River Street, Oneonta. Questions? Call Santa’s elf, Ivan, at 607-547-6103, or e-mail ads@allotsego.com (Monday-Friday, 9 am to 5 pm).
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HOLIDAY BAZAAR -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Joyful traditions Bazaar. (Also Sat. Nov. 14.) Lunch available both days. Benefits restoration of the historic Major’s Inn of Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 7832393 or www.themajorsinn.com HOLIDAY BLOOD DRIVE -- 2 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive. Help eliminate holiday shortages! All blood types needed, esp. O negative, B negative, A negative and AB. Delaware Academy, 2 Sheldon Dr., Delhi. Info, 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), redcrossblood.org ART RECEPTION -- 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for Cooperstown Art Association’s Holiday Show & Sale. Hors d’oeuvres, desserts, drinks. Free; all welcome. Sale on through Dec. 23. CAA, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5479777 or www.cooperstownart. com THEATER -- 7 p.m. (also 7p.m. Sat. Nov. 14 & 2 p.m. Sun. Nov.
15.) OHS performs both the male and female versions of Neil Simon’s comedy “The Odd Couple.” Female version Nov. 12 & 14; Male version Nov. 13 & 15. $10 adults ($5 students and Seniors) at door. Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 Upper East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8243. CCS MUSICAL -- 7:30 p.m. (Also 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 & 2 p.m. Nov. 15) Cooperstown High presents “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical within a comedy. $10 adults; $6 students & seniors (Cooperstown seniors free). Jr/Sr High Auditorium, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. CONCERT -- 8 p.m. Rock on with “Hollywood Nights” (Bob Seger tribute band). Tickets $25 & $35. Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info www.foothillspac. org THEATER -- 8 p.m. (also 2 p.m. Nov. 14) SUNY Oneonta presents “You Can’t Take It With You,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. $5 (free with student ID).
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FOOD & FARMING CONFERENCE -- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Open conference on Agritourism & the Business of Farming. Free. Space limited. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 State Hwy 80, Cooperstown. Registration link at www.farmersmuseum.org HOLIDAY BAZAAR -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Joyful traditions Bazaar. Lunch available both days. Benefits restoration of the historic Major’s Inn of Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2393 or www.themajorsinn.com DAR MEETING - 10 a.m. Otsego Chapter of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) meeting. Guest speaker, Merrilyn O’Connell on “Regent Abbie Cory Turner’s History of the First 12 Years of Otsego Chapter” in honor of DAR’s 125th anniversary. Historical Society and Museum, 134 West Main St., Richfield Springs. AUTHOR VISIT -- 2-4 p.m. Visit and book signing by Elaine Wentworth, author of the acclaimed true-story tale “Mission to Metlakatla.” Learn about 19th century Brit missionary William Duncan’s drive for “free” native Tsimshian colonies in British Columbia and the Alaska Territory. Free; all welcome. Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8898. THEATER -- 2 p.m. SUNY Oneonta presents final performance of “You Can’t Take It With You,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. $5 (free with student ID). Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg, SUNY Oneonta. Info www.oneonta.edu HARVEST DINNER -- 4:30-7 p.m. With trimmings. Takeouts available; church handicapped accesible. $10 adults; $5 children. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. MORE CALENDAR ON B4
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Unalam’s Beams Essential To Fun Parks BEAMS/From B1 doesn’t rot.” And when Zoë opened her Hometown Oneonta two weeks ago, she was surprised to see the Six Flags Great Escape indoor water park in Lake George, where the company built stair towers, shelters for beach chairs and towels, and ceiling beams spanning 100 feet, on the front page. (The photo also appeared in The Freeman’s Journal.) In looking at the photo, Rik van der Meulen, Zoë’s Six Flags photo husband and vice president Those are our beams, Zoë van der Meulen said for engineering, estimated to herself when she saw this front page photo in • the 67-step tower is 39- Hometown Oneonta. feet tall. where it’s warm.” the wood – the most com• the largest beams were An indoor-outdoor allmon is southern yellow pine more than 84 feet long, and season water park, like the – that lock together like a 10 inches by 68¾ inches, Lake George one, is being puzzle piece, known as a weighing 14,000 pounds proposed for somewhere finger joint, and secure it each. along Route 28 between with glue to make a long • in all, 504 glulam memOneonta and Cooperstown. board, known as a “ply”. bers were used, and about To create a piece, Rik did “The longest one we’ve 6,000 bolts. shop drawings in-house, made was 175 feet, for the “It’s such a fun park,” then put together a 3D covered bridge in Downssaid Leif, now vice presiville,” said Zoë. dent of operations. “It’s part model, right down to showOnce the size is right, of a resort, and although the ing connecting bolts. “We make the parts, and they can the ply is smoothed in the water park is indoors, some just put it together, like a planer, then glued in stacks of the slides go outdoors. kit,” he said. to reach the right thickness. We were there in FebruFrom an enormous For a 16-inch board, 22 ary, and it’s 90 degrees factory in Sidney, the 45 plys are stacked and glued one second, then for a few workers at Unalam start by together. “We can’t get trees seconds it’s freezing cold, then you’re right back inside making a series of cuts in
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this big!” said Rik. But to curve a such a thick stack requires a lot of power, and a series of winches and clamps along the floor bend the wood to the desired shape. “It’s like folding a phone book,” said Rik. “We leave them overnight to cure the glue.” When the beam is ready, it takes another trip through the planer – 6-feet wide, Unalam’s is the largest in the western hemisphere. “When it’s a really curved piece,” said Rik. “We actually have to walk it through the planer!” And all that cutting gives off plenty of sawdust, which, stored in a silo, is used to heat the building in winter. The company, Unadilla Silo before it was Unalam, has been in the Van Cott family since its founding in 1892 selling lumber to farmers. The Van Cotts built their first silo in 1906 and built them up through the ’80s, but started experimenting with glulam beams in 1928, moving the factory to Sidney. Since then, Unalam has done covered bridges and YMCAs, Great Wolf resort lodges and skating pavilions. They were once even contracted to build at Jim Bakker’s Biblical-themed Heritage USA amusement park, but the project was cancelled. “A lot of people don’t think things are manufactured in Upstate New York,” said Zoë. “We’re the bestkept secret.”
Cooperstown Inn In Network Of Vehicle-Charging Stations TESLA/From B1 and forths with NYSEG – a new transformer on a new utility pole out front on Chestnut Street, new lines onto the property and underground cable leading through the back parking lot, the Kingsleys’ inn is making history. The inn’s electrical-vehicle charging station is the first in Otsego County, (the next-closest is in Utica; there are others in Syracuse, Albany and Binghamton), and it provides a Tesla High Power Wall Connector for the luxury cars, and one “universal charger” for all electricity-charged vehicles. For now, the Kingsleys are charging $5 for guests, $10 for everyone else. They are tracking what impact the charging station may have on the 18-room inn’s utility bills. If minimal, they may offer the service to guests for free, and perhaps cut the fee for non-guests. Tesla – the base price on a Model S P85D is $104,500 – caters to an affluent market, Marc pointed out, and so does the Inn at Cooperstown. “Offering electrical-vehicle charging is yet another high-end amenity and valued convenience our member properties can offer their guests,” said Select Registry CEO Jay Karen in announcing the program last May 8. The historic inn, built in 1874 as an annex to the now-gone Fenimore Hotel, joins Tesla’s cutting-edge “Supercharger Network,” which now includes 425 stations nationally. A fully charged Model S
can go for 265 miles, getting 30- to 40-minute boosters along the way on longer trips. Stopping at a Supercharge station like the Inn at Cooperstown’s, the car owners can get the full charge overnight and be ready to go the next morning. “We’ve had people on long trips who have stopped in Cooperstown to get charged,” said Marc, whose unit can top off a Tesla in 2-4 hours. While waiting, tourists will walk downtown to have lunch or visit the Baseball Hall of Fame, he said. For the Kingsleys, who bought the property 2003, moving here from Saratoga, this latest innovation is part of an environmentally friendly operation. They were among the first local lodging places to enroll in the Otsego Land Trust’s Green Lodging Partnership, pledging to be environmentally conscious – and adding $2 to every bill to benefit the Land Trust. Many of the renovations to the Victorian-era inn have been with an eye to the environment – allowing customers to reuse their towels if they wish, adding LED lighting at every opportunity, and putting in insulation whenever the opportunity arises. Next year, they’re considering how to add solar panels in ways that won’t affect the historical ambience. “If we can be energy-efficient, provide a good service and lower our bills as well, it’s good all around,” said Marc.
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Each year Cooperstown is transformed into an enchanting “Christmas Village” for the holidays. Local families converge on Main Street to decorate a favorite lamppost, the whole community turns out to greet Santa as he arrives in his festive sleigh, and throughout the season, Santa is in residence in his cottage to greet hundreds of children. With the generous support of local businesses, a group of volunteers from the community, the Chamber of Commerce and the Lake and Valley Garden Club spend countless hours setting into motion the numerous tasks required to bring this magical holiday transformation to our village. Since the entire project is funded through private donations and coordinated by volunteers, we rely on your individual contributions for our budget. Your generous donation of $35 or more will help light our community with the spirit of Christmas. Any donation you can make will be greatly appreciated. Please make check payable to: C.C.C.C., PO Box 428, Cooperstown, NY 13326.
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FROM B2 THEATER – 7 p.m. (also 2 p.m. Sun. Nov. 15.) OHS performs both the male and female versions of Neil Simon’s comedy “The Odd Couple.” Female version Nov. 12 & 14; Male version Nov. 13 & 15. $10 adults ($5 students and Seniors) at door. Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 Upper East St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 433-8243. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Catskill Symphony Orchestra hosts Lucas Button, performing Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto.” $30 (free for kids with one or two adults; free for veterans). Hunt Union Ball-
room, SUNY Oneonta. Tickets, info, www.catskillsymphony.net MUSICAL – 7:30 p.m. (Also 2 p.m. Nov. 15) Cooperstown High presents “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical within a comedy. $10 adults; $6 students & seniors (Cooperstown seniors free). Jr./Sr. High Auditorium, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. SQUARE DANCE – 7:30-10 p.m., Doubleday Dancers Western Square Dance Club hosts Harvest Dance/Pie Night. All welcome. $5 at door, no experience needed. Ray Taylor calls, Emma Taylor cues. Cooperstown Elementary School, Walnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478665. SUPPER CLUB – 10 p.m. con-
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istrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; RICHARD V. WEBSTER; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF ONEONTA AMBULANCE SERVICE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE # 1 through # 7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties
intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint,
the Complaint. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on 10/7/2015.
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Defendant(s). YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear or answer within (60) days of service thereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in
This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Morris, County of Otsego, State of New York (Section 221.13, Block 2 and Lot 33.02). Said premises known as 2 Ripley Drive, Morris, NY 13808. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Clarfield, Okon, Salomone, & Pincus, P.L. 425 RXR Plaza, 4th
Legal notice Notice of formation of POOLBROOK PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on October 21, 2015. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 229 Poolbrook Road, Laurens, NY 13796. The purpose of the LLC is the engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalDec3 Legal notice Notice of Qualification of MAP Architecture, PLLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/14/15. Office location:
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Otsego County. PLLC organized in MA on 5/26/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. MA and principal business address: 177 Milk St., Boston, MA 02109. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Sec. of the Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, 17th Fl., Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: practice the profession of architecture. 6LegalDec3 Legal notice LEGAL NOTICE SUBURBAN PAINTING AND REPAIRS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/13/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Trosset Group
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Attorneys PO Box 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalNov26 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION Cooperstown Financial Services, LLC Arts. of Org filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 99 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 / Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalNov26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of APPROVED TOWING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on October 2, 2015. The
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office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 20 River Street, Oneonta, New York, 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalNov19 Legal notice OTEGO HIGHWAY 8 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/21/15. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Maria Mori, 3 Enste Court, Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalNov27
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OBITUARIES Niles W. Eggleston, 99; Writer, Businessman, Town Benefactor
MILFORD CENTER – Niles Ward Eggleston 99, a community benefactor, local history enthusiast and author of “Eva Coo Murderess,” passed away Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015, at his residence in Milford Center. He was born at home on Eggleston Hill, Town of Middlefield, on May 27, 1916, the first of eight children born to J. Ward and Maria (Osborn) Eggleston. He graduated from Milford High School in 1935. On June 9, 1943, he married his wife of 52 years, “the prettiest girl in the school,” Georgia Anna Pelton. In 1937, he established a mail-order business, Eggleston Enterprize, to supply contest information, supplies and newsletters to contestants. At first, it was a part-time venture while working on the family farm and sold produce to area
stores. By the early 1950s, it was fulltime with several employees. He retired in 1982 to enjoy traveling, gardening, photography, writing and his favorite hobby of all, fishing. He was an active member of the Milford community, interested in preserving Niles W. its history. Eggleston He helped establish the Greater Milford Historical Association in 1971. He and his seven siblings donated their grandmother’s former residence, now the David Sayre Store & House, Milford’s first museum, to the community. During his lifetime, he received numerous awards
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for his many contributions to the community. He was a lifelong and active member of the Milford United Methodist Church, serving for years as trustee and treasurer. He was a founding member and a past president of the Milford Rotary, where he was active for over 50 years. With Delores Petersen and Harold Edson, he helped found the Milford Little League. He was past secretary of the Milford Free Library and a treasurer of the local Boy Scouts. After retirement, he wrote his memoirs of growing up during the Great Depression, “It’s So Peaceful in the Country,” based on his diaries from 1932 to 1949. Written for the family, it was found so valuable copies are available at the MCS, Milford Historical Association and NYSHA libraries. Niles had over 15O articles published in The Conservationist, Fur-Fish-Game, Rodale’s Organic Gardening, Executive Detective magazine and Reminisce magazine. In 1997, his book, “Eva Coo Murderess,” was published; it is now in its second printing. On June 12, 2009, a play based on the book and written by Milford native Isaac Rathbone was performed six times, three times at Milford’s Susquehanna Cultural Center and three times at the courthouse in Cooperstown, where the trial took place in 1934. He is survived by his brothers Seymour of Webster and James of Harpursville, and sister Marian Brennan of Tucson, Ariz. He leaves two daughters, Joan Young of Milford Center and Marjorie (Larry) Preston of Milford, and two sons Stanley (Marjorie) of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Gary (Barbara) of Milford. He also leaves seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-greatgrandchildren and special friend Gary Woodrow. The funeral was Monday, Nov. 9, at Milford United Methodist Church, with Rev. Sylvia Barrett, the pastor, and Rev. Stephen D. Fournier, pastor, Milford Center Community Bible Church, co-officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the historical association or the church. Arrangements were with Tillapaugh Funeral Service.
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Elinor H. Pollock, 87; Physician’s Wife Active In Her Church, Community Life COOPERSTOWN – Elinor H. Pollock, 87, of Cooperstown, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born April 16, 1928, in Beverly, Mass., youngest daughter of Maurice and Ruth (Pedersen) Hopkins. After graduation from high school, she studied at the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. She stayed on to work at the Deaconess, and there met her future husband, Donald O. Pollock, who was working his way through medical school. They were married June 7, 1953, at the First Baptist Church of Beverly. The Pollocks first came to Cooperstown in 1955, when Don served his internship and residency at Bassett Hospital. There followed a period of military service, which took the family to a succession of postings, including 2 1/2 years in Eritrea, East Africa. The Pollocks returned to Cooperstown in 1967. She enjoyed working with the Red Cross, traveling
throughout the region as part of the bloodmobile staff. And as a breast cancer survivor, Elinor willingly Elinor reached out Pollock to many with a message of encouragement and hope. Perhaps most central to Elinor’s life was her steadfast devotion to the First Presbyterian Church, for it was there that she faithfully blended her love of family and God. A member since1969, Elinor sang in the Chancel Choir, served as a deacon, elder, treasurer and clerk of session, volunteered as a Sunday School teacher, was a member and/or chair of numerous committees over the years, and participated fully in the women’s association. A generation of young people will remember Elinor as the one who prepared the food for the weekly Thursday school gatherings. In her leisure – and she did have some – Elinor
enjoyed gardening, golf and playing bridge. Before Alzheimer’s Disease restricted her participation in those things she loved most, she excelled in exercising her gift of hospitality – making a meal, visiting a sick friend, arranging flowers from her garden, and sharing a smile. Elinor is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Dr. Donald O. Pollock of Cooperstown; four children and spouses, Donabeth and Gil Urick of Bonita Springs, Fla., Peter and Diana Pollock of Cooperstown, Sally and Bud Zaengle of Greene, and Jim and Sharon Pollock of Georgetown; nine grandchildren and one great grandson. She was predeceased by her oldest son, the Rev. Stewart A. Pollock, and her siblings. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Elsie A. Rhodes, pastor, officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Columbarium in the Presbyterian churchyard. Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12-13, 2015
Saturday, November 28
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Friday, November 20
AUDUDON TALK --- 7:30 p.m. Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society hosts a free program with Will Pryor, of Wolf Mountain Nature Center, on the center’s amazing resident wolves, coyotes and foxes. All welcome. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 643-5680. FSC TEEN THEATER -- 8 p.m. (Also 8 p.m. Nov. 21 & 5 p.m. Nov. 22) One-hour performance of “Prometheus Bound,” the final masterwork by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. 13 area students from FSC’s After School Program for Teens perform. Free (donations welcome). Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, (607) 829-3700 or reserve@franklinstagecompany.org
Saturday, November 21
PAINTING CONTEST/CRAFT SHOW -- 9a m.-5 p.m., Richfield Springs window painting contest (11 a.m.) plus quilt show, arts & crafts show, historic photo exhibit, more. Refreshments, store discounts. Main St., Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-2111; application at www.richfieldchamber.org HD OPERA BROADCAST -- 12:55 p.m. Live from the Met, HD broadcast of Berg’s opera “Lulu.” Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org VISION RESEARCH FUNDRAISER -- 5-8 p.m. 3rd annual “Eye on the Future” soup cook-off and basket raffle, hosted by the Abbruzzese family. All proceeds go to Vision Research Ropard Foundation for visually impaired children. $5 to taste and vote for best soup. Over 100 gift baskets; silent auction for two airline tickets. Tryon Inn, 124 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, (315) 7179062. FSC TEEN THEATER -- 8 p.m. (Also 5 p.m. Nov. 22) One-hour performance of “Prometheus Bound,” the final masterwork by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. 13 area students from FSC’s After School Program for Teens perform. Free (donations welcome). Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, (607) 829-3700 or reserve@franklinstagecompany.org SUPPER CLUB -- 9 p.m. concert start, featuring local band The Justice League, with a the Who. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www.bsideballroom.com
Sunday, November 22
CHARACTER TOUR -- 1 p.m. Tour the museum with Samuel F.B. Morse ($2 plus admission.) Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Pre-register at (607) 547-1461; info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org FSC TEEN THEATER -- 5 p.m. One-hour performance of “Prometheus Bound,” the final masterwork by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. 13 area students from FSC’s After School Program for Teens perform. Free (donations welcome). Franklin Stage Company, Chapel Hall, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, (607) 829-3700 or reserve@franklinstagecompany.org
Cooperstown. Info or to volunteer, call April 8 a.m.-noon, (607) 547-9555.
Friday, November 27
SUPPER CLUB -- 9 p.m. concert start. Annual “Night After Thanksgiving” party with The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys (acoustic Americana). B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www. bsideballroom.com THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -- All day (also Nov. 28). Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org
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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. At the Polly House (next to the Fire House), Schuyler Lake.
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Tuesday, December 15
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SUPPER CLUB -- 7 p.m. concert start. “Round Robin” with area singer/songwriters Wayne Carrington, Randy Miritello, John Scarpulla, and Sky Miritello. B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta. Info, www.bsideballroom.com
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Saturday, December 5
BALLET -- 7 p.m. Chenango Arts
Wednesday, November 25
Thursday, November 26 Happy Thanksgiving!
THANKSGIVING AT THE FARM -All day. Experience 19th century Thanksgiving crafts and traditions at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org
Council presents New York City’s “Ballets with a Twist” dance company, performing a holiday edition of “Cocktail Hour: The Show.” “Witty and fantastic,” says The New York Times. Martin W. Kappel Theater, 27 West Main St., Norwich. Tickets $26-$31 (discounts available). Info, www. chenangoarts.org
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P. Equip., 31K, Stk: C101163A, $13,578
$171 mo
$251mo 2013 rogue sv Full Pwr, 31K, Stk. C942830 $18,831.......... $252 mo AWD, P. Equip., 40K, Stk. C101239A, $18,771 .
2014 mirage es
$254 mo 2013 sportage lx 15K, Stk. C100892A, $19,288..................... $259 mo 2014 sorento lx AWD, P. Equip., 20K, Stk. C101199A, $20,897$284 mo Full Pwr., Heated Seats, 22K, Stk. 101165A, $18,929.......................
2014 town & country
Full Pwr, Lthr, DVD, 36K, Stk. 942700, $20,983......................................
2014 rogue s awd
P. Equip., 14K, Stk. C942740, $21,445........
2012 frontier pro x
P. Equip., < 100 Mi., Like New! Stk: 941820 5 Yr/60K Bumper to Bumper Warr, $13,995
$178 mo
2012 rogue sv awd
$285 mo
P. Equip., 32K, Stk: C1942630, $16,798
$224 mo
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4X4, 6 spd., P. Equip., 50K, Stk. C101225A, $22,883..........................................
2012 frontier crew cab sv 4x4, 7K, P. Equip., Stk. C942920, $26,957....
M-th 8-8; F 8-6; Sat Sales: 8-5, Service & Parts: 8-1
3rd Row Seat, P. Equip., 49K, Stk: 100697A, $18,995
2011 altima 2.5 s
$377mo
2013 outlander sport se P. Equip., 22K, Nav, Stk: 942750, $17,955
$239 mo
2012 rogue sv awd
2012 rogue sl
Full Pwr, 41K, Stk: C942240, $18,995
Full Pwr., Snrf, Lthr, Nav, 27K Stk: C942520, $20,244
$255 mo
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2012 patHfinder silver edition Full Pwr, Lthr, Snrf, 58k, Stk.C942850, $22,755
$313 mo
2008 cr-v ex-l
Full Pwr., Snrf, Nav., 47K, Stk: 941800A, $16,484
$321 mo
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2014 outlander se awd
P. Equip., 43K, Stk: C100758A, $25,486
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