Social Justice and Strategic Planning at OFO
Dan Maskin, Chief Executive Officer of Opportunities for Otsego, Inc.
First COVID-19. Then monkeypox. Now polio. Next, West Nile Virus. And always in the background in Central New York, Lyme disease. The pan-, epi-, and endemics of deadly and disabling diseases doesn’t seem to stop. This week I will try to tackle polio. There are very few people who will read this that remember how much polio terrorized people, especially mothers, in the first half of the 20th century. People become sick, develop muscle paralysis, develop severe weakness, and occasion ally have respiratory muscle involvement, which could lead to the use of mechanical ventilation including, by what was called, an iron lung, and ultimately lead to death. I myself remember my mother’s concerns and fears that I did not under stand at the time. I had the misfortune of having to see an iron lung in use when I was a medical student, though for a different disease. It’s horrible to think of a person having to try and live their life in such a device. Truthfully that wasn’t much of a life at Poliomyelitis,all. generally known as polio, is an infectious disease caused by a virus. The name comes from ancient Greek. Polios means grey, myelos means marrow and together this refers to the grey matter of the spinal cord. Itis denotes inflamma tion. That is inflammation of the spinal cord’s gray matter though this can extend to the brain and cause polioencephalitis.
Polio Rearing Its Ugly Head
“We will review internal policies, recruiting practices, training, succes sion planning, education, and community outreach. Then we will assign responsibilities across the organization and the board of directors. The process will include a timeframe for rollout, implementation, milestones to track and achieve, and celebrate,” Mr. Maskin said.
On July 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Health notified the Centers for Disease Control of the detection of polio virus type 2 in stool specimens from an unvaccinated, immunocompetent, young adult from Rockland County New York who had developed acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). This means that some or many of the patient’s muscles had rapidly developed weakness. The patient was hospitalized and on days 11 and 12 after admission Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) was found in the patient’s stool. As of August 22, VDPV2 has been found in the wastewater of Rockland County, Orange County, and New York City. Water samples that had previously been tested for COVID-19 were retested for poliovirus which was found in specimens up to 25 days before the patient’s symp toms began and after 41 days after the patient’s symptoms onset. This indicated that there had to be other individuals who were VDPV2 positive in the region. The last case of polio caused by the wild strain in the United States occurred in 1979. The previous cases of any type of polio in the United States have been in 2005, which was a type VDPV type 1. The current case in wastewater indicates the need to maintain high vaccination rates of the type of polio vaccine used in the United States. Since 2000 all vaccinations for polio in the United States have been of the injectable, Inactive Polio Virus type. The oral type of vaccine has been associated with the current outbreak of infection. Polio only occurs in humans and spreads either through fecal to oral transmission or oral to oral transmission. One might be surprised how much fecal matter there is that contaminates many other things
Those who attended the Wilco concert on Sunday night at Brewery Ommegang were treated to a fantastic fireworks display just as the show ended. Wilco, making their reprise at Ommegang after performing here in 2012, provided masterful entertainment. They were preceded by an equally dazzling band — Kamikaze Palm Trees.
This year, Opportunities for Otsego (OFO) committed to building a strategic plan that is centered on social justice. The process with any strategic plan involves analyzing data, setting measur able goals and putting those goals into action. Setting goals to impact conditions of society is more challenging.
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“We begin by looking inside our own house with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion assessments for the board of directors, management and all 140 employees. Then, based on assessment results, OFO can begin to identify and analyze poten tial biases within the organization and get everyone involved in ongoing opportuni ties to craft the definition, and delivery, of a true social justice strategic plan,” Dan Maskin said, Chief Executive Officer at OFO. This will be done by identifying opportunities to bring diversity and inclusion into the organization.
As the excellent publication, the Blue Avocado, points out, there isn’t a lot of guidance for organizations that want to create a binding, boardapproved policy that incorporates values, action plans, and account ability related to social justice.
“They also point out that direct service impact depends on under standing the community, and in particular, the historical and structural inequities that led directly to the problems being addressed,” he said.
“But given all of OFO’s collective expertise in helping the poor, advo cating for crime victims and building strength-based approaches with at-risk families, combined with its policy work at the state and national levels, the board of directors firmly believes that these experiences put us ahead of the game as we go on this journey to strengthen our commu nities, he said.
Bassett Medical Center’s midwifery program received national attention recently when it received the With Women for a Lifetime Commendation from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). This honor recognizes the hospital’s 35-year history of providing midwife care to families of Central New York. “It’s a great honor to receive this public recognition of our work,” says Laura O’Shea, certified nurse midwife (CNM) at Bassett Medical Center (BMC). “As the director of midwifery, I am indebted to these incredible professionals that I work with every day. Bassett midwives have worked full-tilt all the way through the ongoing COVID pandemic. The midwives appreciate the team approach to care. That includes nursing, pediatric, anesthesia, obstetric, and other caregivers in providing the optimal care for the families we serve.” As the ACNM explains, the With Women for a Lifetime Commendation celebrates BMC’s record of providing “innovative and compassionate midwifery care” that puts “the heart of midwifery into practice.”
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Midwifery practice is often misunder stood as being narrowly focused on preg nancy and childbirth — but it encompasses much“Wemore.offer full-service, well-woman gynecology — from adolescence to menopause,” remarks O’Shea. “Our work encompasses the whole person and their family. We encourage patients to participate in their care through counseling, education, and shared decision-making. Those are the hallmarks of midwifery care.” This award also recognizes the longevity of Bassett’s program. Patty Brown, CNM, founded Bassett’s evidenced-based midwifery program in the mid-1980s. Midwife programs with the longevity of Bassett’s are not common in the United States, particularly in rural areas. Although the program has had its ebbs and flows over the years, it is still going strong. “We’ll be back to eight midwives on staff this fall,” saysLauraO’Shea.O’Shea also personally received the ACNM’s Clinical Stars Award for her more than 25 years of midwifery service. Bassett’s current nurse-midwife team from left to right: Patricia Otis, Laura O’Shea, Frances Sailer, Elizabeth Guiney, Kari Knudson, and Rosa Vuojolainen. Not pictured: Paula Lawrence.
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Legislators and representatives of animal care organizations throughout the region gathered at the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) on Wednesday, August 17 to collectively urge New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Puppy Mill PipelineSQSPCABill.
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■ Every season brings fresh hope and fun, regardless of the outcome. So maybe the real lesson is that love is never futile for it always finds a way to reward. And not for nothing, the Orioles aren’t in last place right now and have a really reasonable shot at post-season play (ask Brian if you don’t believe me). And just maybe the Dolphins will turn our current hot mess into a winning season?
A Futile Love?
Executive Director Stacie Haynes spearheaded the effort, which brought together members of the New York State Animal Protection Federation (NYSAPF), the national ASPCA, state and local officials, and shelter workers in support of the bill, which — if signed into law — would ban the sale of puppies, kittens, and rabbits in New York’s pet stores. “We are thrilled to be able to mobilize this tremendous group of animal welfare advo cates in favor of this piece of legislation we all care so deeply about,” said Haynes, who is also the current NYSAPF presi dent. “Special thanks to our elected leaders Senator Peter Oberacker, Assemblyman Brian Miller, Assemblyman John Salka, Assemblyman Robert Smullen and Assemblyman Chris Tague, who joined us today and who helped champion this bill to reach the Governor’s desk,” Haynes said. “We also want to thank Village of Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, Otsego County Representative Dan Wilber and Herkimer County Legislator Robert Schrader for being here to show their support of Governor Hochul signing this legislation into law,” Haynes added. Also gathered on the SQSPCA campus on Wednesday to lend their voices to the call for passage of Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill were animal shelter leaders from across New York State, including Staffworks Fund founder Anita Vitullo and representa tives of shelters from Broome, Delaware, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie counties. Haynes was especially happy to welcome SQSPCA alumni and their adopters, who were able to share the joys as well as the trials and tribulations of living with a former puppy mill dog. According to the NYSAPF, records prove that thousands of puppies from out of state “USDA-certified” puppy mills are sold every year to unassuming consumers in New York at astronomical prices. The USDA’s own reports indicate that enforce ment actions have reached new lows, and transport records regularly link these incoming and often physically, mentally, and medically compromised puppies to the nation’s most notoriously cruel commercial breeders — operations that the USDA has failed to hold accountable to the extremely low federal Animal Welfare Act standards, NYSAPF literature explains.
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■ It’s easier to join post-season game gatherings when your team isn’t involved. There’s no awkward moments when you find yourself nose-to-nose with a neighbor defending a ref’s call in favor of your team; you can just be supportive and say, “Oh yeah, you were TOTALLY robbed!”
Rachel Frick Cardell When I was in second grade, my parents decided to get rid of our television. Since at the time television was the only source for watching sports, I grew up never really watching them or developing a love for a particular team. So, on our wedding day, in the throes of young love, I vowed to root for my husband’s sports teams. Unbeknownst to me, loving my husband’s teams would prove to be futile over the decades. Every spring he gives his heart to his beloved Baltimore Orioles and every fall he dusts off the bruised, battered remains of his heart and hands it over to the Miami Dolphins.For those who do not follow baseball or American football, let me assure you of the futility of this love. Since the last time the Orioles won the World Series in 1983 (39 years ago, and five years before I met my husband) they have made the playoffs just five times, and lost in the second round four times and the first round the fifth time. So over four decades we have won four post season games in baseball. Period. In 2021, one headline read, “The Orioles Have Been Legendarily, Historically Awful.” As for the Dolphins… sigh. The Dolphins are the only team to be able to boast a perfect season. That was a half century ago, almost 20 years before we married. In the last two decades, they have made it to the post-season twice. Let me do the math for you: we’ve seen post-season in football once a decade. And we have won exactly zero post-season games. In sum, between base ball and football, we’ve celebrated four postseason game wins in the 31 years of ourInmarriage.thelast30 years, I have learned a few positive things about futile love. ■ No one can deliver a bigger upset and more joy to fans than the last place losers. Every time the Dolphins defeated Brady and his Patriots in Miami in December it brought much celebration to our house. Not a successful post season game, but still, a celebration.
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Local dignitaries and animal welfare advocates join Stacie Haynes in presenting some of the SQSPCA’s adoptable dogs
“The vast majority of retail outlets in New York State — about 1,000 big and small — already recognize that selling puppies from these mills is a broken, outdated business model, and that consumers are demanding better. The people gathered here today are demanding that New York State’s complicity in animal abuse be stopped by the passage of this bill,” said Libby Post, NYSAPF Executive Director. To urge Governor Hochul’s swift passage of the Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill (A.4283/ S.1130) call 518-474-8390. The SQSPCA, located at 5082-5088 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with new evening hours on Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Appointments to meet animals are advised to avoid wait times by calling 607547-8111, but walk-ins are also welcome.
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■ It’s easy to gloat with fellow fans when your team consistently wins. At least seeing Yankee and Patriots fans over the years, it has looked that way to me. But when you see another soul wearing your team’s gear despite years of losing, there is a rightgeous camaraderie. You know this person isn’t a fair weather friend, but one who will stick by you in the stormiest of times. So I give a shout out to Brian D., a devoted O’s fan at SUNY O whose Orioles cap always makes our day brighter.
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letterS Unity Needed After watching the news from all news stations, reading the newspa pers, and talking to all people regard less of who they are, it is safe to say that we do need unity. I don’t know what it’s going to take to have unity whether it’s an interfaith service, a rally of some sort, or something to bring the people together. If we are to have unity, we need to put our political parties and their agendas aside and come together. During the week of September 11, 2001, which was our second day of infamy, we came together as a nation, put our differences aside regardless of who we are. Our allied countries declared themselves Americans because of our display of unity during that week. We, as Americans, despite our political parties, the ideologies of the political parties, and our differences, must heed the call of unity in good and bad times.
To Dr. Ibrahim We (the Bassett family) were pleased to read your letter in last week’s Freeman’s Journal. We know you have many balls in the air and to grab and attack the call answering system is refreshing. The changes you outlined will ideally help improve the whole Bassett network I would also like to thank your “team” members who reached out to me and offered understanding and concern about this ongoing problem.Anda special thank you to your Director of Development of Impact Gifts, she was as helpful and friendly as Wealways.are looking forward to the upcoming group forums. This call remains very important to us, please… Jim Renckens Richfield Springs
“For two hours every known device was utilized to get the Steamboat to slide down the ways, but all to no purpose. She refused to budge! The band played “Slide, Kelly, Slide,” “Under the “Anheuser-Busch” and, finally, “We Won’t Go Home Until Morning.” At 6:00 o’clock the crowd began to thin out, and just after the town clock had struck the supper hour, the ladies and their escorts began descending the flimsy ladder by which they had gained the deck of the craft two hours before. “The Otsego Farmer,” containing the full account of the launching, was being recalled from the local post office.”
K. Wayne Bunn Secretary
When one looks about and takes in the bustling commercial activity of Otsego County during the busy tourist season and anticipates the impending return of the thousands of college students who keep things humming through the “off-season,” one feels confi dent that Otsego County has a healthy, perhaps even vibrant, economy. And while that may be true, beneath the shiny veneer of commercial success lies a dark reality. Otsego County, like many of its neighbors, has a poverty problem. According to statistics published by Opportunities for Otsego, Inc., a community action agency actively fighting a local “War on Poverty” since 1966, the poverty rate in Otsego County stood at 13.3 percent as of the census of 2020. Of families with a female head of household and children present, a jaw-dropping 39 percent live in poverty. And in a measurement known as the ALICE threshold, which measures households that are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, 29.2 percent of all Otsego County households live below that threshold. Otsego County is certainly not alone among its neighboring counties in these staggering statistics. While Otsego is ranked as having the 28th highest poverty rate in the State, Broome County to our south is ranked third (18.54%), Montgomery County, contiguous to the north is ranked fourth (17.83%), and Delaware County is ranked 12th (16.16%). Some other nearby counties are in better shape, ranking from 31st in Chenango County (12.91%) to fifty-seventh in Madison County (8.45%). Unfortunately, poverty is nothing new. Fortunately, Otsego County’s ranking has improved considerably over the past several years and several dedicated local organizations are working hard to make things even better. The good news is that every one of us can lend the following organizations a helping hand with our financial support.
“If at first you don’t succeed,” must have been mouthed by many Cooperstonians as they left the lake front without having witnessed the scheduled launching of the Mohican. They did try again, and on the 4th of July, 1905, the good ship Mohican began its long career on Otsego Lake. The following reports from The Freeman’s Journal of that year tell the story: June 29, 1905: Miss Marie Anheuser Busch to Christen Boat Thursday.”“Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock the new boat Mohican of the Otsego Lake Transit Co. will take her initial dip in the waters of Otsego Lake. As soon as the boat is free to move, Miss Marie Anheuser-Busch, daughter of August A. Busch and granddaughter of Adolphus Busch, will christen it with champagne and the words, “I christen thee Mohican.” The public is cordially invited to witness the ceremony, which will take place at the Corporation dock.”
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July 6, 1905:“Large Steamer in Otsego Lake has Carrying Capacity of Four Hundred — Made her Initial Trip July 4th.” “The Mohican is Launched — at about 1:40 on Saturday afternoon in response to the persuasion of a couple of jack screws placed against the bearings on either side, the big boat slid gracefully down the ways and kissed the waters of Otsego Lake. There was a high splash and the craft rode out jauntily about 50 feet, bringing taught the line, with which it was tied to its mooring at the Cooperstown Wharf. As it moved toward the water, Miss Osborne, daughter of the builder, broke a bottle of wine on the bow and spoke the words, “I christen thee Mohican.”“Welcomed by every patron of Otsego Lake, the big excursion steamer seemed reluctant to take her first dip. The launching had been advertised to occur at 4 o’clock on Thursday, and at that hour the Lakeside was thronged. It was the first real nice day in several and the village folks and summer boarders were out in glad array. In the bow of the boat, Marie Anheuser-Busch, a winsome lass of about 12 summers, the daughter of August A. Busch and granddaughter of Adolphus Busch, who recently purchased the beautiful estate adjoining Three Mile Point, held the bottle of wine in readi ness to christen the Mohican. Miss Busch, who is a remarkably pretty little lass of the brunette type, wore a cool white dress, with hat, shoes and stockings to match. Her hat was trimmed with daisies. In the boat also were about 75 other persons, including members of the Busch family, village trustees, editors, cler gymen and whatnot with their wives and families. The band was there, assisting with all its might to make the occasion a successful and enjoy able one. Even the village popcorn stand was not absent.”
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“Otsego Lake has needed an adequate excursion boat ever since the old Natty Bumppo went out of service five or six years ago. The old Natty was 90 foot keel, ten feet longer than the Mohican. She was a side wheeler, slow and cumbersome, but for 30 years she was the only large excursion boat. Her carrying capacity was not as great as the Mohican, although the system of steamboat inspection was not then so rigid as now. The Natty Bumppo was launched July 4, 1871. One year later, July 11, 1872 she burned to the water’s edge. After being rebuilt, she was again launched in November 1872.”
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“On Friday, the ways were given a more acute slant and grease anew, so the effort on Saturday succeeded. It did not take place, however, until several hours after the time set.” “The Mohican makes a fine appearance in the water. She is a double deck steamer, 80 feet long and 19 feet wide. She will be lighted by electricity and have all the modern sanitary conveniences. A searchlight will be operated from the upper deck. The Steamboat inspec tors were here Friday and gave her a carrying capacity of 400. Her speed is about 12 miles an hour. Her cost was between $7,000. and $8,000.”
Hapless Mussels
The hapless mussels didn’t want to come here. They were as happy as clams in Siberia — before they were Shanghai’d to the Great Lakes. They have no political advocates in Albany — so they get the blame for everything. Count the votes Chip Northrup Cooperstown Update on Algae Problem
The area residents and lakeside property owners are now much more informed about Otsego Lake and what OLA does to protect it — truly a local treasure that we all love.
The advice from the last update stands — avoid visible accumulations on the shoreline and water surface.
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“The Mohican made a trial trip on Monday and on the 14th made 2 excursion trips, carrying nearly 200 each time. Owner and passengers alike were greatly pleased with her. After some further painting she will make three trips around the Lake each week day unless transferred to special excursion service, when she will be replaced in the regular trip by another boat.”
“The Mabel Coburn and Pathfinder, the other two steamers of the Otsego Lake Transit Co., are licensed to carry 95 and 90 passengers.”
“The first steamboat on Otsego Lake was the Mary Boden, launched by Capt. D.B. Boden in 1869.”
The toxin microcystin is being produced by this cyanobacteria; where it is visibly accumulating at the shoreline or on the surface, usually during calm conditions, the toxin concentrations have been over the recommended levels for contact recreation and reopening of swim ming areas (NYS Department of Health).There is ongoing monitoring around the lake for the algae bloom.
Andrew (AJ) Hamill City of Oneonta Thank You from OLA On behalf of the Otsego Lake Association (OLA), we wish to say thank you so much for your wonderful coverage, and article with our logo in the August 18 edition of The Freeman’s Journal, of our Annual Membership Meeting held on August 13. It was greatly appre ciated and reporter Gilbert Vincent did an excellent job with the details.
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oHmetown oneonta 2008 2022 14th anniversary & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch HOMETOWN ONEONTA Tara Barnwell Editor and Publisher Larissa Ryan Kathleen Peters Business Manager Graphics & Production Ivan Potocnik Tom Heitz/Sharon Stuart Web Architect Historian Editorial Board Elinor Vincent, Michael Moffat, Tara Barnwell MEMBER OF National Newspaper Association, New York Press Association The Otsego County Chamber Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Telephone: 607-547-6103. Fax: 607-547-6080. E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com HOMETOWN Views A-4 HOMETOWN ONEONTA THURSDAY, AUgUST 25, 2022 “I own no interest and no party, but my country.” – Banner motto of The Freeman’s Journal, 1823 to 1827 editorial What Lies Beneath
organiza tions in mind. And remember that the highest number of people living in poverty and who are suffering the most are our county’s blameless children. the Badger SerieS The First
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110 Years ago Wednesday night a hopper on a coal car on a northbound train of the D. & H. Co. broke a little way south of the U. & D. station dumping the entire load of coal along the tracks. Within a short time about 20 people of all ages began a harvest of the spilled coal without regard to the ownership of same, and had carried away a large amount of it when the D. & H. detectives, Mssrs. abell and Fox caught them at their work and took the names of the entire party. all promised to appear before Judge Bolton yesterday morning for examination, and 12 of them did so, these being fined $3 each on their pleas of guilty to the charge of petit larceny. Five others appeared in the afternoon and were fined $4 each for their tardiness in appearing and the remaining three have yet to be disposed of.
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(August 18) BY Merl reagle Sounds Like Fun…For those with an aural fixation ACROSS 1 Super or superb 6 Least beastly 12 Made fun of, perhaps 16 Concert lead-in? 19 Two-under-par shot 20 Backspaces through 21 Sp. miss 22 It’s beyond normal “reading” 23 Crusoe and Friday? 25 Anti-amphibian spray? 27 Air Force ___ 28 Boxer separator 29 Write quickly 30 Were down a little, as stocks 31 Deli decision? 36 Ex-vice-president and family 38 Concerning, to a lawyer 40 Concert ending? 41 Order to a dog 42 What you’ll see in the Chicago Bulls’ locker room? 44 Caesar’s accusation 46 ___ buco 48 Popeye’s “goil” 49 One of Frank’s exes 50 Start of many California place names 51 Vacation that involves goin’ wherever ya feel like goin’? 54 The fluid part of blood 56 SE Asian language 57 Ingmar directed her often 58 Eat, as chips 61 Bit of shogun attire 63 Used to be 66 Large container 68 Big ball of fire 69 Swiss abstract painter 73 What modern sculptor Christo wants to do next? 79 Bangkok native 80 Back-of-a-book blurb 81 Shipping magnate’s nickname 82 Enjoyed 80 Across 83 6 on a cell 84 The ultimate climb 88 A Cabinet dept. 90 Little glob 92 Muttered comments 95 Dieted successfully? 101 84 Across, for ex. 102 Freeway, for ex. 104 Caviar 105 84 Across stat. 106 Commedia dell’___ 107 What stamps are for? 110 Time to watch out 112 Type of crow 113 Not fooled by 114 Undergarments 115 Add names to the will? 118 Funny folks 120 Likely 121 Make a faux pas 122 See 41 Across 123 Sheriff with indigestion? 125 What the little magician was? 131 Part of a play 132 Heavenly messenger, in French 133 One-celled organism 134 First non-elected president 135 Jaguar model 136 Attendee 137 Jeff of racing 138 Sources of spills on hills DOWN 1 Fetch 2 Unprocessed 3 Freudian concept 4 “Take ___ at this!” 5 Court sport 6 Book bet. Ezra and Esther 7 Red-faced reaction 8 Nile delta city 9 County near London 10 Part of “SASE” 11 Mao ___-tung 12 “Any port in ___” 13 Jets, Mets, or Nets, e.g. 14 Airport abbr. 15 Some stay-at-home types 16 Wet quality, as on leaves 17 “I am mad, or else this ___” (Twelfth Night) 18 TV’s 86 or 99 24 Very heavy, as some trucks 26 First letter of the Arabic alphabet 29 Allyn of They Won’t Forget, 1937 31 Boat-landing place 32 Divider’s word 33 Island off Los Angeles 34 Serious cut 35 Popular disinfectant 36 Paintings by a famous Spaniard 37 Relative of a half hitch 39 Sicilian volcano 42 Say hello with your head 43 Mission: Impossible composer Schifrin 45 David’s Kill Bill co-star 47 See 48 Across 52 Where Sioux City is 53 Physiologist Pavlov 55 Old Egyptian symbol revived in the 1960s 59 Grate material 60 Where the Bay of Pigs is 61 Mo. of masks 62 Dickens tale exclamation 64 Fireproofing material 65 Start to come round 67 Greenish drink 70 He coached the Packers 71 Long time 72 Japan’s capital, once 74 Competed 75 Clod chopper 76 Mosul’s land 77 Sprightly dance, French-style 78 Demond’s sitcom co-star 85 Action word 86 Screenplay 87 Animation characters 89 Ignited anew 91 Grp. with many a GP 92 Magazine contents 93 MacMurray’s Double Indemnity co-star 94 Start 96 Photog’s original 97 Perform all over again 98 Be that as it may 99 Part of Orion’s belt 100 Does darning 103 Blow up 108 Trent of Mississippi 109 Night sky shape 111 Work periods 115 Rap sheet entry 116 Exhorted 117 ___ alcohol 119 Male deer 121 “Tickle Me” doll 123 Car wash option 124 Noted numero 125 Sink in the middle 126 A premium channel 127 Crayola shade 128 Brewery bottleful 129 Actor Beatty 130 No and Phil: abbr. News froM the NoteworthY spriNgBrook Housing Option Problems With construction well on its way at springbrook’s “Ford on Main” development in downtown oneonta, I
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Solution: ‘‘Interview with Tarzan” have received am so grateful for the enthusiastic reactions shared with springbrook for taking on this housing project. It is no secret that our community has a housing problem. If fact, it is no secret that our country is in a housing crisis. Like much about our county’s current economic condition, the housing situation is full of contradic tions. We face a decades-old housing shortage. There are not enough housing options available for those in need of homes. However, builders are also pulling back from building new homes because, at the moment (with interest rates on the rise), they can’t sell their current home stock. It is a perplexing problem and one that should be at the top of our concerns — while we face this housing crisis, we also face a nationwide homeless nessHere,crisis.in the heart of Upstate, our local community faces these same contradictions, with a unique twist — rentals. We, too, face a shortage of housing options, exasperated by the rental market. Homes that would otherwise be available to individuals and families looking to buy a home are taken off the market at staggering rates to accommodate summer visitors and fall/winter student needs — leaving year-round residents with no options. springbrook’s invest ment in the historic Ford Block directly resulted from this issue. and while I am exceptionally proud of this project — it is just a start, a drop in the bucket of the work that must happen to address this problem. I am heartened that leadership across our region has recognized this issue—for example, oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek’s new Housing Commission. It is a near-constant topic on meeting agendas. a week does not pass that I do not hear of our housing crisis when attending regional meetings (like Chamber events or economic development meetings), and each commission, leader, or organization, has its take on how we might find a solution. However, what is glaringly missing, is a cohesive, unified approach. We must bring together the many actors on this stage, all earnestly seeking a solution — unifying the many people working to find answers. When I say unify, I am not arguing for all to get on the same page. I am insisting that together we must be willing to recognize that crises and dilemmas are not solved with either/or thinking. They are solved by embracing multiple approaches with one unified goal: sustainable housing options for all who live in our community, yearround or part-time, and visit it! The housing crisis is not an oneonta or Cooperstown problem, or “Big employer” problem. It is a community problem. and only by bringing all ideas together, all leaders to the same table, can we identify the solutions that will move our community forward. Because, right now (with best intentions), each actor is staging a one-person show, unaware they have an entire cast they can call upon to help. There is not one magic solu tion — it is decades in the making, and addressing it will mean our community has to reckon with a local economy built mainly on tran sient populations. This does not mean there is no answer. It means we must work together, unlike any past collaborative efforts — across village and town lines, employer lines, and party lines. I share these thoughts as a challenge. Can we unite to face this challenge? I believe we can. Will you join me?
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Local students will tell of the early theater days in america in a play at the state University College at oneonta. “The Voyage aboard the Charming sally” takes place in the 1750s and is about immigrants from england who formed the first theatre troupe in the New World, according to Nancy Bakhuizen, director of the americorps Program, which is presenting the program in the Little Theater at sUCo. The production is the result of a work shop that started July 29 and ran daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. about 50 students from kindergarten through eighth grade, plus a few older teens, participated.
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Before Hurricane andrew – Hurricane andrew surged relentlessly toward southern Florida on sunday and fore casters warned it would be the most powerful storm to hit the United states in decades. More than 1 million resi dents were told to flee. Forecasters expected the hurri cane to reach Category 5 — the worst category with winds topping 155 mph – as it crosses the gulf stream to Florida. Landfall in southern Florida was expected between 6 and 8 a.m. today. Miami is on alert for winds in excess of 150 mph and up to 10 inches of rain. after Hurricane andrew – Hurricane andrew struck southern Florida on Monday with 160 mph winds and a 12-foot tidal surge that flattened homes, uprooted trees and flung boats onto land. The most powerful hurricane to strike Florida in 60 years has been blamed for at least eight deaths.
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Local postal authorities yesterday announced the opening of a new Highway Post office (HPo) for after september 20. The unit will serve 22 communities between albany and Binghamton, including oneonta. The new HPo will double round-trip mail service in the susquehanna Valley, according to postmaster sam Bertuzzi. It will replace a similar mail service discon tinued several years ago on the D&H railroad. The new HPo will not conflict, however, with the present rail mail operation.
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It is no wonder that the disease scared mothers because it was generally visible in many communities. There are three types of polioviruses, type 1, type 2 and type 3. Each are slightly different in the proteins of their capsule. The most common is polio virus type 1. Individuals who are exposed to polio either through infec tion or immunization develop immunity. The disease is transmitted primarily by ingesting contaminated food or water. It is occasionally transmitted by direct oral to oral methods. It is most infectious 7 to 10 days before and after the appearance of symptoms but transmission is possible as long as the virus remains in the feces or saliva. Immune deficiency, malnutrition skeletal muscle injury and pregnancy increase the risk of infection.Poliovirus enters through the mouth, and binds to the tissues it comes in contact with ending up in the pharynx and intestinal mucosa. Rarely does it progress to the nervous system. Involvement of the nervous system is not necessary for the virus’s reproduction. 1% of infections involve the motor neurons i.e., nerve fibers that control muscles, within the spinal cord, brain stem, or motor cortex of the brain. This is what leads to the paralytic poliomyelitis. Early symptoms of paralytic polio include high fever, headache, stiffness in the back and neck, weakness of muscles, difficulty swallowing, muscle pain, loss of reflexes and others. Paralysis rates vary with the type of polio.The diagnosis of paralytic polio is made based on finding poliovirus from a stool sample or swab of the pharynx. Of course, one must be clinically suspicious of the disease. It is be very rare to think of polio except in the paralytic cases or except during epidemics. There are two types of polio, the wild type, which is encountered in nature, and the OPVD which is derived from a strain of attenuated poliovirus that is used in the
The New York State Police at Oneonta were asking for help from the public in identifying the remains of a female found in the town of Morris. On August 11, they released photos of a ring, a necklace and a pair of Carolina boots. The photos were posted on Facebook and elsewhere, asking for help from anyone with information. The original press release stated: “The New York State Police at Oneonta are investigating the discovery of unidentified human remains, located in a remote area in the town of Morris, Otsego County. The remains are those of an adult female, approxi mately 4'9" – 4'11" in height. The woman was wearing Adidas brand jogging pants, a pink tank top, a lightweight black jacket with a pink zipper, and Carolina brand boots. A silver adjustable ring with a heart and a gold chain necklace were also located. The New York State Police are seeking to identify the woman so that her family can be notified and any potential crime can be investigated. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the New York State Police at 607-561-7400 and reference caseOn#10972590.”August19,the State Police said in a press release: “The human remains have been positively identified as Laura L. Rous, 38 years old of Otego. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death is continuing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the New York State Police at 607561-7400. We want to thank everyone for the tips that have been called in up to this date. Laura L. Rous was from Otego, about 12 miles south of where her remains were found in Morris.
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production of oral polio vaccine. This is the basis of the case recently in New York State. This is the reason only inactivated polio virus vaccine is used in the United States. Inactivated vaccine has to be injected to get into the body while the attenuated or weekend viral vaccines enter through the oropharyngeal or gastrointestinal route. It supposed to be a form of the virus that doesn’t cause the disease. Unfortunately, in rare cases the oral attenuated virus mutates into an infectious type. This type then causes symptoms and causes paralysis and becomes transmis sible. The patient in New York was unvaccinated and had not recently been out of the country but had been at a large gathering at which people who had recently been in the Middle East where OPVD is used. Therefore, the presumed mechanism of infection was from somebody vaccinated outside the United States who developed an active form of polio and transmitted it to others.Since paralysis is seen only in about one in 500 to 1,000 of infected people, this suggests a large number of people in the community were actually infected with a form that could reproduce and cause symptoms. There is no cure for polio. Treatment consists of relief of symptoms and preventing complications and includes antibiotics to prevent infections, analgesics for pain, and moderate exercise and nutrition. It frequently requires long-term rehabilitation.
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Continued from page 1 especially through water and through poor hygiene. Swimming pools were thought to be a place of high risk of developing polio back in the mid-20th century and earlier and of course this makes sense because the possibility of contamination of the water from other bathers. Interestingly polio symptoms are either rare or minor.
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The reason there were apparently so many cases of polio that were highly noticeable in the general population was because the disease is rapidly and easily transmitted and was widely spread. If a high enough percentage of the population, say 10% in 1950, were positive for polio in the United States this would’ve led to approximately 100,000 people that demonstrated some or severe paralysis.
The patient noted above is currently in a rehab hospital. Ventilators may be required to support breathing. Historically an iron lung in which a patient was placed to force air into the lungs by developing negative pressure in the device was used. Today most polio patients who need respiratory support either have a ventilator or a jacket-type device that can also cause negative pressure in the pulmo narySomecavity.patients with short-term symptoms can recover but if the spinal motor nerve cells are destroyed, loss of func tion is permanent. In some cases, some return of function is possible but rarely is it complete. Orthotics or devices such as braces or shoe adaptations may also be used. Two years ago, there were only a total of 78 cases of wild polio in the world and 365 cases of oral vaccine derived poliomyelitis. The number of cases in the United States will probably increase significantly because of transmission to people who have not been vaccinated and to more extensive testing that will be done to people with non-paralytic symptoms. According to the New York State Immunization Information System, proper polio vaccination coverage among infant children living in Rockland County was 67% in July 2020 and only 60.3% in August 2022 with certain areas of the county having coverage as low as 37.3%. This compares to the national average of 92.7%. Much of the decrease from 2020 to 2022 was due to COVID related fears.The low vaccination rate in that area obviously contrib utes to the disease. Polio was such a scourge and is so simple to prevent with lifelong immunity obtained through vaccination with inactivated virus vaccine. If you don’t know your vaccination status try and find it out especially if you’re going to go into an area with known disease, and if negative get vaccinated first.
In children it is estimated that 72% of the cases have no symptoms whatsoever, 24% have minor illness which could easily be mistaken for another viral disease. 1 to 5% have a non-paralytic form of meningitis which is gener ally self-limiting. Only 0.1 to 0.5% of cases have para lytic poliomyelitis. Approximately 79% of these are spinal polio, 19% are bulbospinal which means it involves both the brain and the spinal cord, and 2% are bulbar polio which affects the brain. In most people with a normal immune system, the virus is asymptomatic and in only about 1% of cases does the virus migrate from the gastrointestinal tract by which it enters the body into the nervous system.
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COOPERSTOWN –Robert Wesley Graham Jr., known to friends as “Bob” or “Graham” and to family as “Robert”, or “Uncle Monkey”, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, holding hands with Ingrid, his wife of 61 years. He was born June 6, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the eldest son of Ruth Mildred Waide and Robert Wesley Graham. As a young man Robert was a member of the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church and attained the rank Life Scout in Boy Scout Troop 214. Robert graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1954 and enlisted in the Army Reserve and Reserve Officer Training Corps while attending City College of New York. He graduated with a bach elor of science degree, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers, in 1958. While stationed in Colorado he helped build the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station. Robert left active duty to marry Ingrid Maria Lindfors, the “most beautiful and smartest girl in the world”. They raised their three children, in Bay Ridge, servedBrooklyn.HighArtsteachingcareerRobertBrooklyn.beganhisineducationIndustrialatMadisonSchoolinHeasan Assistant Principal at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the Bronx, and John Jay High School in Brooklyn, before retiring from the N.Y.C. Board of Education in 1991. He spent most summers in Middlefield and Cooperstown, and refur bished an old farmhouse where he and Ingrid moved upon their playmusic.swing,rug’alsosicaloperaRobertretirement.lovedandclasmusicbutwould‘cutatobigband,andragtimeHedidnotaninstrument but could whistle the tune to every song. He enjoyed visiting museums and going to the opera although he was most comfortable wearing ragged painter overalls and work boots (not to the opera, of course.) He enjoyed riding a tractor, fixing anything, wood working, and making furni ture pieces for friends and family. He could talk to anyone, on any topic, for an unlimited time. Robert loved telling jokes and was always ready for a party. He was happiest when surrounded by friends and family. He especially loved holding babies and playing with his children, grand children and his unlimited nieces and nephews. Robert leaves behind his loving wife Ingrid, his daughter Jenny Graham, son Robert W. Graham III, daughter Kathy Dallemagne and husband Paul, and will be reunited in Heaven with his baby girl, Kirsten. He will be missed by his six grandchildren: Lara, Caroline, and Graham Brugo; Robert W. Graham IV; Magdeleine and Paul Robert Dallemagne. He is also survived by his siblings, Dorothy Graham Brining, Kenneth Graham, Dianne Graham Feury and husband Tim, Glenn Graham and wife Maryanne, Janet Graham Faure, and James B. Graham and wife Mary Jean. Along with his parents, Robert will be welcomed into God’s Kingdom by his sister, Linda Graham Smirk and husband John; brotherin-law, Robert Brining; and sister-in-law, Lois B. Graham.
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It was a full house at the chapel at the Christ Church Episcopal in Cooperstown on Sunday August 21. to celebrate the dedication of a cross in the name of Dr. Bruce S. Harris who passed away in 2018. Dr. Harris was a beloved community member, neurosurgeon, farmer, and musician. He helped found the Voices of Cooperstown in the 1980s. He is perhaps best remembered for his compas sion and sympathy for his patients. The cross was commissioned in Austria by Dr. Harris on one of his many ski trips with his wife. The cross languished in the basement for a number of years after Dr. Harris’s death until Mona contacted the church. Then money was raised for the granite base and a bronze memorial plaque, with donations being raised from congregation members. The Voices of Cooperstown were on hand to share memories and to sing the hymns at the dedication. Dr. Harris’ wife, Mona Harris, with The Harris Cross Terry Berkson Life skeTches CITY SILOS
Slowly, as the morning passes, the tank takes shape, first the bottom, then the sides, then the hoops to hold everything together. Each move is deliberate and methodical, a ritual uniting all the pieces, saying, “With this hoop I thee wed.” The men, too, seem to be wed to the wood and the hard work. At noon they break for lunch. Even this part of the day is not without structure. They sit in a loose circle on the roof below the tank. The job has been going well. There’s an atmo sphere of contentment and self-satis faction. They joke and talk sports and movies. One worker, originally from Poland, tells of hunting 60pound rabbits as a boy. He is earnest but the others laugh in disbelief. When back to work, the men cut and install the beams that will support the crawl space between the top of the tank and the conical cover that serves as a roof. Like tightrope walkers, they move around the rim of the tank to place the supports. Already the pumps have been turned on. Water gushes in, swelling the wood until all leaks have stopped. Perhaps these workers are guarding a well-kept secret. Though the pay is good, few know of the tank trade. The Rosenwachs say it’s hard to find men. Perhaps they should look to farm country where many silo builders have lost their jobs.
Great-grandfather Harris would surely be glad to know that his $55 business now brings an average of $75,000 for a single tank. “As old fashioned as they may look,” says Andrew Rosenwach, “there isn’t a better way to store water or a better material to use for tanks than wood.”
Even if there were something new and revolutionary, it would be under standable if he and his men kept a conical cover on it — and stood, like their “city silos,” against the ineluc table tides of time.
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Not long ago, most dairy farms in New York State had at least one silo. Today, many farmers have abandoned the use of these classic cylinders in exchange for modern innovations like silage bags and concrete-sided bunks. “They’re not much to look at,” says retired silo salesman Paul Sarafin, “but they get the job Unlikedone.”thedemise of the farm silo, city silos are as popular as ever. Like a wooden warhead perched atop a missile of stone and concrete, the rooftop water tank is as familiar on the New York City skyline as chrome and glass. It bears a payload of cool, clear water, making high-rise life possible. This seemingly antiquated barrel, similar to one built well over a hundred years ago with virtually the same methods and materials, has stood against the inescapable tides of time. Without it, apartments and offices above the sixth floor would be left high and dry. Water pressure from the street only covers the lower floors. Taller buildings need tanks in which to store water, pumped elec tronically to the roof and then fed down through pipes by gravity. One company that got into the water storage business on the ground floor was Rosenwach, a family-run firm that has been operating for more than four generations. Harris Rosenwach, the patriarch founder, lived in a small village outside Warsaw where he had made wooden tubs for washing, bathing and for watering horses. He emigrated to New York in 1894, hoping to earn enough money to bring his family across to a better life. He secured a job erecting roof tanks for one William Dalton, who had gone into business just after the Civil War. In 1896, Dalton died and Harris bought the business from his widow for $55. Now there are more roof tanks in New York City bearing the flowershaped Rosenwach “R” than ever before. In spite of many years of use, the tanks and construction methods remain almost the same. The coopers who build roof tanks still employ hoops to hold their watertight vessels together. According to Andrew Rosenwach, the current president of the company, the best tanks are built from top grade California redwood taken from the lower, stronger part of the tree. Yellow cedar grown on Vancouver Island is also a preferred material. Rosenwach prefabricates a tank by cutting the lumber at its mill in HighBrooklyn.ona rooftop, a crew of five men begins to assemble a replace ment tank. The men are at home walking on I-beams that hold the tank high over the roof. They seem unfazed that the edge of the building is near, the street far below. Sure hands grip the blushing redwood pieces. There are no wasted moves or steps. The job will be completed by the end of the day so the building can once again have water. The smell of sap permeates the air. When dropped or bumped or squeezed, the wood has a mellow voice of its own.
