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Bassett bonuses thank workers By Ted Potrikus
Huntington Library hosts Dr. Jonathan Lunine, Cornell professor and part of the James Webb Space Telescope team, for a Zoom talk about NASA’s “next great space science observatory.” The talk is set for December 8 at 6 p.m. and is aimed to those aged 16 and older. No registration is required, and the library will post the Zoom meeting link on its Facebook page. Patrons can sign up on the library’s Eventbrite page for a direct e-mail link.
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Filmmakers Jeri Wachter and Joseph C. Stillman present a “work in progress” screening and discussion of their documentary “Something in the Water” at the Foothills Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 4, beginning at 7 p.m. The film takes a look at the nation “against the backdrop of a contentious 2020 Presidential election and in the midst of a global pandemic.” Advance tickets are $10 and available at somethinginthewater.today..
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Bassett Healthcare Network last week awarded ‘gratitude’ bonuses to its full complement of some 5,000 full- and parttime employees, made possible in large part through a donation from the Scriven Foundation. Speaking with The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim credited the entire Dr. Tommy staff for its hard work throughout another Ibrahim year of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Of course it’s been another tumultuous year,” he said. “Bassett Healthcare and every person we serve was carried through it on the shoulders of our caregivers and practitioners.” They give it their all, every day,” he said. In a statement, he added, “They continue to exhibit amazing courage in the face of unthinkable hardship with lasting pandemic response efforts and nationwide staffing shortages. For nearly a year, they’ve been committed to vaccinating our communities, working day and night.” “The work they are doing for our patients, community, and each other is truly lifesaving,” Dr. Ibrahim said. He said employees’ initial response to the November 19 announcement was “overwhelmingly positive.” “It’s one thing to be told you’re appreciated,” he said. “We’re thankful that we can show our appreciation in a meaningful way through this bonus. Every person here knows our deep gratitude for their hard work.” Dr. Ibrahim praised Jane Forbes Clark, Bassett Medical Network board chair, and the Scriven Foundation for showing unwavering support to the Network’s entire team. “The bonus is a wonderful testament to the support that Jane Forbes Clark, the entire Clark family, and the Scriven See Bassett bonuses, Page A10
Worcester, Schenevus merger up for December 1 vote By Kevin Limiti Schenevus and Worcester Central school districts vote December 1 to decide whether they merge the districts, a move which has divided residents. If approved, the Worcester Central School district would annex Schenevus. The Schenevus school building would retain its name and dragon mascot, and function as a Kindergarten-through-fifth grade elementary school. Worcester Central would host grades 6 to 12. Voters approved the merger in a non-binding straw poll in September 2021; the December 1 vote is a binding referendum. Schenevus Central School superintendent Theresa Carlin said the issue was emotional, but one that makes financial sense. Under the plan, New York State would give an additional $10.8 million to the district over a period of 14 years, with $1.1 million in the first year as an incentive for merging. In addition, the ratio the state pays for capital projects would increase, with the state paying 98
Worcester Central School would serve grades 6 through 12
cents on every dollar. “Let’s just say it’s a $10 million project,” Ms. Carlin said. “That project would cost residents $1.6 million, but would cost only $200,000 if we were a merged district. That’s a huge incentive.” The school districts have tried five times to merge in the past. The superintendent said financial concerns at Schenevus Central drive the merger effort; adding that the situation in Worcester, while not as
dire, is heading in what she called “the wrong direction.” “Worcester benefits because they’ve been losing enrollment and they are going to be in the same position as we are,” she said. “Let’s be honest: Nobody does something unless it benefits them. There’s work involved in this. I personally think Schenevus is going to benefit more because we’re cutting, cutting, cutting. But this gives (Worcester) an opportunity to improve their
financial situation. It’s a win-win for both districts.” Ms. Carlin acknowledged an increase in transportation costs, but said, “The cost is so minimal it’s not even worth mentioning.” The merged district would need to decide whether shuttles, staggered bus times, or other methods of transportation would be the most cost efficient. Officials anticipate knowing more details in the summer of 2022. Worcester Central School Superintendent Tim Gonzales echoed many of Superintendent Carlin’s sentiments while emphasizing the need for the respective communities to make their own decision. “I hear a lot of people saying (the merger) is positive,” he said. “They think the programs will be more enhanced and that this should’ve happened years ago. Others, though, say they like their schools and don’t want it to change. It’s kind of a mixed bag.” He said the majority of people he heard from think it is a good idea to See Schenevus, Page A10
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A-Rod, “Big Papi” lead the ballot for next year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies
Who’s coming to Cooperstown next summer? The 400-or-so voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America are on their way to deciding, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame announces the voting results on January 25, live on MLB Network. Big names new to ballot include Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Justin Morneau, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins, along with pitchers Tim Lincecum and Jake Peavy, join 17 holdovers from the 2021 balloting
— which failed to produce a new Hall of Famer. Candidates elected to the Hall would be a part of Induction Weekend, scheduled for July 2225, 2022, in Cooperstown. Falling 16 votes shy of election last year was pitcher Curt Schilling, whose total of 285 votes represented 71.1 percent of the 75 percent needed for the Hall nod. Only Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Scott Rolen earned
more than 50 percent of the needed vote in 2021. Players remain on the Baseball Writers’ ballot for up to 10 years, provided they receive sufficient along the way.. This will be the final year on the ballot for Schilling, Bonds, Clemens, and Sammy Sosa. Other holdovers from the 2021 ballot are pitchers Mark Buehrle, Tim Hudson, Andy Pettitte, and Billy Wagner; first baseman Todd Helton; second baseman Jeff Kent;
shortstop Omar Vizquel; and outfielders Bobby Abreu, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones, Manny Ramirez, and Gary Sheffield. Voters must return their ballots by a December 31 postmark deadline. Baseball Writers’ secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell and Ernst & Young partner Michael DiLecce jointly count the votes. National Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch announces the results at 6 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, live on MLB Network.
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Build Back Better The U.S. House of Representatives voted November 19 to approve President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan, a $2 trillion package comprising major elements including funding for clean energy, universal pre-Kindergarten, healthcare, affordable housing, and eldercare. For New York and other high-tax states, the measure would raise the cap on the state and local tax deduction (SALT) from $10,000 to $80,000, starting in tax year 2021. The expanded cap would stay in place through 2030, falling back to $10,000 in 2031. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D) voted in favor of “Build Back Better,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) voted against. The measure now stands for consideration in the U.S. Senate.
Basset offers kid vax as County COVID rates rise Bassett Healthcare Network now offers COVID-19 vaccines to everyone aged five and older, with shots now available for children aged 5 through 11 at pediatric and school-based health clinics in the region. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for patients aged 5 through 11 late in October. Young patients receive the Pfizer vaccine in two doses, three weeks apart, just like older children and adults. The vaccine dose is, however, lower — 10 micrograms instead of the 30 micrograms given to those 12 and older. Data show the vaccine as 90% effective for preventing COVID in children. “We’ve been waiting for this moment,”
Dr. Monica Brané, chief of Pediatrics at Bassett Healthcare Network, said. “Finally, our children have a safe and effective vaccine to help protect them and their loved ones against COVID-19. As a mother, as a doctor, and as a community member, I know that getting our kids vaccinated is one of the most important things we can do right now to take another major step towards beating this pandemic. It’s one of the most incredible gifts we could ever hope for ahead of the holiday season.” Bassett Healthcare also offers COVID19 booster shots in all its clinic locations for adults eligible for Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. Visit www.bassett.org for a full list of upcoming walk-in community vaccine clinics (for both COVID-19 and flu shots). Vaccine availability updates come as
Otsego County reports 28 new reported cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, November 22, with seven hospitalized. County Public Health Director Heidi Bond said Tuesday that 23 percent of the new cases come from those between the ages of 5 and 18 years old. Officials throughout New York, wary of the potential for holiday season transmission, have expressed concern over recent spikes in COVID numbers. Erie County in Western New York this week imposed a mask mandate for all public indoor spaces regardless of a person’s vaccination status; other counties in areas of rising caseloads are reportedly considering similar strategies. Otsego County continues to recommend mask wearing, but Ms. Bond said Tuesday she does not foresee a county mask mandate.
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Dear California Grandma, We at the Diner are of course extremely complimented by your grandson’s delight in the grilled cheese sandwich that we were able to serve him, but unfortunately that experience can only be duplicated by another trip to the Diner.
The reason is quite simple. You can duplicate the ordinary white bread and standard American cheese, but you cannot duplicate the pedigree of the grill flat top. By the time your grandson was served his grilled cheese sandwich the grill surface had cooked at least four or five flats of bacon, innumerable link sausages and pork patties, the buttering for a few dozen egg and omelette dishes, not to mention numerous orders of pancakes and French toast. And although the grill gets scraped during the course of the day, all these dishes leave a mark which is absorbed in the bread as it griddles to melt the cheese for Christian’s sandwich. Thus the result which your grandson enjoyed was due to the prior enjoyment of many preceding diners. best, Caspar F. Ewig , Operator The Cooperstown Diner
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Small business every day We publish this week on “Black Friday,” the day in the calendar year when the nation’s retailers would sell so much merchandise to Christmas shoppers that their operations for the entire year would stop running in the red and move into the black. It really is not the busiest shopping day of the year — these days, that comes a couple of days before Christmas itself, when all of us wake up and realize that we’re almost out of time. But “Black Friday,” with its traditional-as-Turkey doorbuster sales now beginning weeks before the actual day itself, was such a great marketing brand that Internet merchants jumped at the chance to corner the start of the following work week as “Cyber Monday.” And it worked: that’s the day that all of us, while we’re supposed to be hard at work at our desks, are instead using office time to go to this-or-that-dot-com and load up. Stuck in the middle of all of that is another bit of genius marketing: Small Business Saturday. American Express, the credit card company, owns the “Small Business Saturday” brand and, to its credit, spends big dollars annually on its promotions and public awareness campaigns for the businesses participating. And good for them. The real chin-stroker here is that American Express, generally, is the most expensive card for small businesses to accept as payment from a customer. Every time we use our credit card, the merchant pays a percentage of that sale to his or her credit card processor, with rates varying depending on the card presented. AmEx, a great product, is right up there with the most costly for businesses. Perhaps the company came up with it to assuage some of the bad Karma they might fear for the high price associated with accepting the card. But, of course, the company stands to win big every year on its big branded day because businesses are encouraged to splash the AmEx-approved logo everywhere and offer nifty deals if we whip out our AmEx cards on Small Business Saturday. We don’t want to be too cynical here because, as one independent retailer told us, “We’ll take any publicity we can get.” Yes. Any publicity for small business is a great thing, particularly when big-brand merchants are clobbering each other with how-low-can-you-go price wars that fight for our holiday shopping dollars. We worry, though, that by setting aside only one day for patronizing small business, too many shoppers will think, “I did my duty. I bought a thing at an independent retailer on Small Business Saturday. I’ll check that box, brag on my social media, and then go buy all my other presents from one of the national brands.” We hope shoppers in Otsego County and elsewhere remember that every day in the calendar year is the right day to shop at your independent merchants, your Main Street restaurants, your nearby distilleries and farm stands, and, yes, your hometown newspapers. This page is, as readers know, an unabashed supporter of every local business across our region. We don’t need a single Saturday set aside by a big corporation to remind us of the importance of our local businesses old and new. Small businesses won’t survive because we’ve set aside one day on our calendar to shop or eat there. They won’t survive because we toss out feel-good platitudes that like “small businesses are the backbone of our community.” Sure, those are nice words, but the best way — the only way — to keep our small businesses open and thriving is for us to get out our wallets and spend our money all year long.
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Audacious gratitude
Definition: An intrepidly bold and daring willingness to appreciate even the smallest things of life in the face of difficult circumstances. When I write guest editorials for this newspaper, I typically write as Julie, the Executive Director of LEAF. When I was asked to write this one, I decided to write it as just me, Julie. I am a wife, sister, dog-mom, public speaker, problem-solver, musician, photographer, and a woman in longterm recovery from addiction. It is that last part of who I am that taught me about the wonders of audacious gratitude. I will tell you that there were times in my journey that if just one more of my recovering peers told me to write a gratitude list, I would have been tempted to throw the nearest solid object at them. Fortunately, I never did that. There was a lesson to be learned in the sage advice of those who cared about me. They were not telling me that I had to “feel” grateful, they were telling me that I had a choice to “be” grateful. Wait a minute!? I feel terrible. My circumstances are measurably terrible. I feel like huge parts of my life are terrible. And, you want me to “be” grateful? (Insert a huff and tightly folded arms at this point.) Their advice may seem contra-
dictory, but over time I found that it was not. They were not asking me to disrespect my feelings. They were not even asking me to deny that something was amiss in my life. My friends and my peers were simply nudging me to challenge my thinking. Things can feel terrible AND I can be grateful at the same time. This is where audacity comes in. I encourage you to look that word up. It’s a wonderful word that may have gotten a bad rap over the years. We might say, “Can you believe they had the audacity to…. (fill in your blank)?” On the other hand, acting with audacity is bold, and brave, and confident, and unrestrained. Those are awesome words. I aspire to words like those. Yet, I acknowledge that we are clearly living in unsettled times. As we approach this second holiday season with various forms of grief, loss, restrictions, anxieties, short-
ages, financial strains, and other very real life struggles, being grateful may seem audacious. Actually, it’s medicine. And like most medicines, one does not have to deny the aches, pains, or fears in order for it to be effective. My doctor would never ask me to wait until a wound healed before I take the antibiotic. In this same way, audacious gratitude does not require me to feel better before caring for my spirit. Being grateful is a cognitive, intellectual practice. It’s not hocus-pocus, or magic. It is sometimes a choice I have to make in spite of how I feel. Audacious gratitude is daring to find life’s gifts even in the face of demonstrably terrible circumstances. As I practice the choice, and believe me it takes practice, something remarkable happens to my spirit. It is like a balm or a healing salve that gives rest to my soul and to my mind. If only for a few moments, they are precious moments. I find myself being consciously grateful for rain, and grass, and leftover broccoli (okay, that’s a stretch). I thank God for my husband, my favorite chair, a wonderful friend, and music. I remember that I love purple, and birds, and the house with the beautiful Christmas lights. With that, my breathing slows and my mind rests, and I find that peace can exist in the midst of chaotic times. I’ll take audacious any day.
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Too stuck up for Thanksgiving Several years ago, two friends from Richfield, Tiger Goodale and Rootie Marriot, came up the drive with what they thought was a good story for me to write. They had been in the Genesee, one of the local watering holes, when this guy came in and told how he or some other one-legged man — they didn’t make it clear — was up in a tree, building a stand for hunting, when his prosthetic leg fell off and landed on the ground right under the nose of his Saint Bernard. It sounded like a good story. It reminded me, in fact, of celebrated writer Flannery O’Connor’s tale where a man romances a woman in a hay mow just so he can run off with her wooden leg. When I pressed them for details, they told me I had better get them straight from the horse’s mouth and gave me a phone number to call, which I did, but there was no answer, so I just left my name and number on the answering machine. The man never called back and I was left to wonder what happened to the guy stuck up in the tree. How did he get down? Did the dog run away with the leg or maybe just bury it like a bone? Maybe the man had to wrestle the brute for the “bone” and, to show he was serious, he bit the dog’s tail. Now, that’s news fit to print. Anyway, I never heard from the guy. I even went into the Genesee and “accidently” kicked some shins producing an “ow” every time which told me I hadn’t found my man — and almost got me thrown out. I guess he just didn’t want his story told so I had to bark up another tree which resulted in the following: When I told 84-year-old hunter Nick Kleban about my dilemma, he related an experience he had had nearly a decade before. “I was so frustrated,” he said. “After being on watch for so long!”
He had been working the lid of his chalk-dusted turkey call box all morning when he finally called in and got a shot at a big tom, only to have the bird take off and crash land in the top of a thorn apple tree. Mr. Kleban, hunting several miles from his home in Richfield Springs, stood under the tree for a long time wondering what to do. He put his gun down and began to throw fallen apples at the stuck-up bird. Then, he tried to shinny up the slender tree trunk, but his 240-pound bearlike build worked against him. He shook the tree until every over-ripe apple fell to the ground, but still the bird remained wedged in a fork near the top. Then, completely frustrated, he picked up his Remington and walked three-quarters of a mile through leaf-blanketed woods to the road where his truck was parked. When he got home, he discussed the problem with his wiry wife Sophie, who said, “There’s no way you’re going to get me to climb that tree!” He thought of waiting for his son, John, to get home from work but by then any number of varmints might have made off with his prize. After lunch, Mr. Kleban stretched out on the couch. He fell asleep thinking about the large bird that would’ve roasted to a golden brown for the Thanksgiving table. When he woke up an hour later his wife teased that his snoring sounded like he was sawing wood. “That’s it!” he yelled heading for the kitchen phone. He spoke briefly and then grabbed his coat off the hook in the hall. Where’re you going?” his wife called after him. Nick was too excited to answer. A couple of hours later, with permission secured by the phone call, Mr. Kleban walked out of the woods with his chain saw in one hand and his Thanksgiving turkey in the other.
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Cassandra Miller introduces the Wind section of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 20, at their second concert of the season. Music Director Maciej Zółtowski conducted, ‘Wind Serenades,’ featuring pieces by Mozart, Strauss, and Dvorak
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135 Years Ago
A New York clergyman recently made the statement from the pulpit that there were 20,000 women in that city who every year were forced into vice because they could not get a living honestly. The statement created a sensation. Girl clerks in Broadway stores average not more than $3 a week. Shirt makers, by the utmost diligence, can barely earn as much. Corset and hoop skirt makers are no better paid. Blouses bring only 60 cents per dozen, and a woman, should she be ever so quick and skillful, can scarcely make a dozen a day. Painters of Christmas cards receive but four or five cents the card for their work, and no one can do more than a dozen a day. It is said by people of long experience that no female machine operative in the city can earn over $8 a week. And yet, board in any respectable quarter of the city costs not less than $4 a week and many of these girls have invalid relatives dependent upon their exertions. November 1886
110 Years Ago
Three Oneonta lads aged about 11, started out Monday on foot to see the world. Before night they managed to walk to Otego. Having had enough of adventure in “furrin’ parts,” they returned home on Train 311 that evening. Receptions appropriate to their return were held at a later hour at the homes of their parents. November 1911
70 Years Ago
A record deer harvest is anticipated after 35 hunters reported opening day kills. The bucks taken ranged from spike horns to ten-pointers weighing more than 200 pounds. Some hunters did not confine their shooting to bucks, for three does were found and reported to the Oneonta substation of the State Police. Three women reported bagging bucks including Arlene Southerland, a senior at Franklin Central School, who downed a six-pointer on North Franklin Hill. The largest buck reported was a 230 pound, 10-pointer shot near Laurens by Don Myers of 43 Elm Street. Albert Pickens of 4 Schaffer Ave. killed an eight-point buck above Cliffside that weighed 225 pounds dressed. John L. Bliss of Dutch Hill near Portlandville got a ten-point 220-pounder at 2:15 p.m. on the hill back of Milford Center. November 1951
50 Years Ago
Miss Lois Meyer picked at the eyes of a stuffed dog in the same way a child does. As she talked about her work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, her fingers probed the soft fur around one eye. Soon, she withdrew a long, barbed spike. “You know what a child would do next with this,” she said. Miss Meyer, a consumer specialist for the U.S.F.D.A. was in Oneonta speaking to classes at the state university. She brought along with her a suitcase of toys banned by her agency for the sake of child safety. November 1971
30 Years Ago
Horoscope – November 24, 1981 – If you were born today you are gifted artistically and can commercialize your talents. Though you can get by on your charm and wits, your greatest success comes with the development of ambition. Both creative and practical, you’ll have success in writing, acting and public affairs. You are a good observer of the human condition and are inclined to criticism and philosophy. Other fields which may appeal to you include banking, real estate, management, publishing, music, sculpture, and art. On this day were born John V. Lindsay, politician; Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, artist; and William F. Buckley, columnist. November 1981
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November 1991
It’s not just a crossword puzzle, it’s a Merl Reagle crossword puzzle. Mr. Reagle stole the show — unintentionally, I’m sure — in the 2006 movie “Wordplay.” It’s a documentary about crossword tournaments and the people who compete therein; The New York Times crossword editor and NPR star Will Shortz take up a lot of space in the movie, which also features former President Bill Clinton, Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Mussina, and comedian Jon Stewart waxing poetic about their love of the Times crossword. But it’s Merl Reagle who outshines them all, constructing another masterpiece puzzle from scratch using only a blank grid, a pencil, and his uncanny wit. We meet him when he’s driving past a Dunkin’ Donuts. “Unkind Donuts,” he says. “You just take the ‘d’ from the beginning of the word and move it to the end.” I’m delighted that beginning this week, and exclusively to our print editions, The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta will publish a puzzle from the giant stack of Mr. Reagle’s “best-of.” Sadly, he passed away in 2015; mercifully, his puzzles remain, filled with zip and fun and humor. Sometimes tough, but always entertaining. “I could talk all day long about his technical skills,” said Michael Sharp, a lecturer at Binghamton University, and known by crossword fans everywhere as “Rex Parker.” Dr. Sharp’s daily blog, “Rex Parker Does The
New York Times Crossword Puzzle” (www.rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com) is a must-read for those among us (including me) who have a grumble or two about that day’s puzzle. “He made his grids free-hand,” Dr. Sharp said of Merl Reagle. “No puzzle software, no computer. For his time, his stuff is immaculate. The answers are long and playful,
darting in and out of each other. He had an eye for wordplay and jokes. He would see and hear phrases and immediately started replacing letters and words and wondering the different ways he could turn them into something entertaining for his puzzles.” “These are legitimately wellcrafted and funny everywhere, right out of the box,” he said. Mr. Reagle constructed puzzles for readers of the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia
Inquirer, the Arizona Daily Star, and others, with his little masterpieces syndicated across more than 50 papers each week. And now we have it here in The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. As you might be able to guess by now, I’m a big fan of his work. And I think you will be, too. High praise from the detail-orientated Rex Parker himself: “He wouldn’t go to press with a puzzle until it all worked,” he said. “Every theme answer hit. If there were five themers in the puzzle, he wasn’t satisfied until all five of them worked. He showed me some of his notebooks — they were filled with unfinished theme answer sets because one or two of the themers were good but the others hadn’t cut it. It was amazing to see.” So it’s off to your pencils — or pens, if you’re that kind of solver — with this closing thought from Dr. Sharp / Rex Parker: “Merl Reagle created these puzzles only so that the solver would have a good time. Each one is a freewheeling education, every time.” Answers next week, as they will be each week.
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Presidential Stew ... Some chief executives mix well with others ACROSS 1 Hit the road 5 Tutu’s home: abbr. 9 Stinging bug 13 Muhammad Ali’s faith 18 Friend 19 Pointless 20 Sweet, to Gina 21 1/20th of a ream 22 1970s sitcom character 25 Appears 26 Slanders 27 “___ you ...?” (recognizer’s words) 28 Battleship letters 30 A long time 31 Staff symbol 33 Some Came Running Oscar nominee 36 Protestant reformer 40 They, in French 41 Awful long time 42 “___-doke!” 43 Nighttime, to a Scot 44 Wager 45 Hydrocarbon ending 46 Baby’s word 49 Hearst case “army”: abbr. 50 Planet reporter 52 Hollywood leading man 55 “42nd Street” composer 58 Oils and such 59 Old 60 Spanish queen (or 45 Across spelled backwards) 61 Cry Freedom subject Steve 63 Prefix to “behavin’ ” 65 Dairy sound 66 With 69 Across, a famous Philadelphian 69 See 66 Across 72 Falstaff’s prince 73 Ms. Lupino 74 Ms. Pitts 76 Online service, familiarly 77 Turns white 79 Resident suffix 81 “Fire and Rain” singer 87 NFL coach turned sports analyst 90 Miss ___ USA 91 An example 92 Underhanded 93 Home: abbr. 94 Erstwhile wagering sign in N.Y.C. 95 Country colleen 96 ___ Raton 97 Knight’s title 98 Something to project on: abbr. 99 Author of The Late Shift (the Leno-Letterman story)
102 He played John-Boy on The Waltons 107 Poet Teasdale 108 Notion 109 Certain vote 110 Florida State players, for short 112 Innies and outies 116 Coconut Grove locale 118 Columnist (okay, so I lied a little) 121 Red dye used in staining microscope slides 122 Japanese noodles 123 Mr. Saarinen 124 Indian princess 125 Like some warnings 126 Celebrity 127 Peeve 128 Quickly, quickly DOWN 1 Drops behind 2 Type of sch. 3 Ice chunk 4 Despotism 5 “Noon swoon” 6 Short description? 7 Dog bug 8 Hold back 9 More deserving 10 Roker and Gore 11 Uses soap pads 12 Belarus city 13 Brain ratings 14 Betty White on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
15 Feudal lord 16 With a gun 17 Complicated 20 Mar, as a car 23 Food store: abbr. 24 Lobby plant 29 Mia Farrow thriller, ___ Evil 32 Ms. Verdugo 34 Extremely 35 Incessantly 36 “The Black Babe Ruth,” ___ Gibson 37 Ark. neighbor 38 Pick up sound 39 Swerve 44 Safe place 45 A ctor John who wed Patty Duke 46 Boarded 47 Popular cookie 48 Puzzling 50 Ms. Redgrave 51 L argest island in Japan’s inland sea 52 “57 Varieties” company 53 ___ La Douce 54 Clan 56 With 117 Down, typical punny name for a seaside tavern 57 Diamond stat 62 The Bridge ___ Luis Rey 64 Inline roller 66 Pleasant, as weather 67 “So long!” 68 School course
70 Pirate’s drink 71 44 Down offering 72 A hard rain? 75 Get ___ (find work) 77 Nightwear, briefly 78 Iraq neighbor 80 Tennyson’s Arden 82 Latin abbr. 83 Is popular with customers 84 Booty 85 A single time 86 Parking place, often 88 Kramer’s neighbor 89 Having more oomph 95 Singer MacKenzie and others 96 Brilliant, as a performance 97 Ex-premier of Israel Yitzhak 98 Latin hymn, ___ Mater 99 Vacation isle 100 “I ___ tell a lie” 101 Part of U.A.E. 102 Frosts 103 Dostoevski novel (with The) 104 Stop 105 Sweeties 106 U nwilling-to-get-up-yet sound 111 Cinematographer Nykvist 113 Historic times 114 S inger Horne or Russian river 115 Salon sound 117 See 56 Down 119 “___ little teapot ...” 120 Shapiro of NPR
A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
OBITUARIES
Bruce E. Bachanas, 63
COOPERSTOWN – Bruce E. Bachanas of Christian Hill, a lifelong area resident who worked for many years as a baker, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 18, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. He was 63. Born December 20, 1957, in Cooperstown, Bruce Edward Bachanas was one
of three children of the late Norman Edmund Bachanas and Bernice G. (Roseboom) Bachanas. In his youth, he and his family enjoyed many camping trips, as well as the annual family vacation that took place just about every August which provided many great memories. His nickname became “Wish”, bestowed on him
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December 20, 1957 – November 18, 2021
by his grandfather Throughout because he was his life he loved always wishing for playing golf, this and wishing anytime, anyplace. One of his for that. After graduating with proudest moments the Class of 1976 was achieving a from Cooperstown hole-in-one at The Central School, he Leatherstocking joined the military, Golf Course one Bruce E. and proudly served Halloween day. Bachanas his country in the He had a fondness for watching Buffalo Bills United States Air Force. For most of his working football games, so much so life he was employed as a that he and his wife, Jerilynn baker for various establish- attended a game in Buffalo on ments, starting with Dan- their honeymoon, followed Dee Donuts in Oneonta and by a visit to Niagara Falls. Hemstrought’s Bakery in He also enjoyed playing Utica. For many years he darts, watching Syracuse was employed as a baker at University Orange basketThe Otesaga in Cooperstown ball games, the New York where he made many great Mets, and NASCAR, all memories, great friends and while enjoying an ice cold created many a masterpiece Lake Placid UBU Ale and a including giant gingerbread cigar. Every year he enjoyed houses of different area land- taking his parents and marks including Kingfisher mother and father-in-law on Tower. In November of 2000 fall trips all around beautiful he started working for Price New York State. He will Chopper, and from 2005 also be remembered as the until 2008 he was the bakery master griller for breakfast, manager at the Price Chopper lunch and dinner, a passion in Richfield Springs. he enjoyed year-round.
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Jenna L. Utter Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstownnny.org (email) 2LegalDec.2 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF VILLAGE ELECTION VILLAGE OF MILFORD, NEW YORK March 15, 2022 Elections for the Village of Milford will take place on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at the Milford Village Office, 64 South Main St, Milford, New York from 12:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Certificate of Nominations have been duly filed by the candidates with the Village Clerk, as follows: Position: (One) Village Trustee – term of two years Kitty Ruling Village Clerk Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of IVERSON HERITAGE FARMS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 06/06/2021. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 1193 County Highway 26, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalDec.30 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of PALMS AND PINES PROPERTIES LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/7/21. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 128 Zephyr Knoll,
After Bruce became incapacitated due to MS, he spent most of his time at home doing a lot of bird and squirrel watching from his window. He always enjoyed their antics. On September 18, 1999, Bruce married Jerilynn Dykstra in a ceremony at Christ Church, Cooperstown. In addition to his wife of 22 years, Jerilynn of Christian Hill, Bruce is survived by his three daughters from his first marriage, Whitney, Kelsey and Lillian Bachanas who he always enjoyed seeing, and a grandson, Connor Freeman who he especially enjoyed spending time with — hearing his joyful laughter brought him great happiness. He is further survived by a sister, Jane Bachanas and partner, John Knapp of Schuyler Lake, and a brother, Michael Bachanas of Richfield Springs, as well as nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his dad, affectionately known as “Norm” or “Bub”,
who died July 7, 2006, and mom, “Bercie”, who died November 6, 2014. A service will be offered at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 4, 2021, (the 91st anniversary of his mother’s birth), at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown, with Richard Sliter officiating. Immediately following the service, all are welcome to gather at The Pratt for a more informal time of food and drink and sharing stories of Bruce’s wonderful life. For those who wish to honor Bruce’s life with a memorial donation, please consider the Fly Creek Emergency Squad, PO Box 218, Fly Creek, NY 13337 in appreciation for the many times they helped Bruce. Please also consider the Susquehanna SPCA, 50825088 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
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Name: Tundra Design LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2021. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 1318, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of The Little Farmers Market LLC, Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y. of State (SSNY) 7/12/21. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 128 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY. 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of 107 Main Otego LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/13/21. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Pamela Wik-Grimm, 85 Main St., Binghamton, NY 13905. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalDec.9
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THURSDAY, november 25, 2021
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7
COVID and kids: disparate strategies point to need for vaccine By Richard Sternberg, M.D. The amount of information regarding COVID in children and the risks and benefits of vaccination is overwhelming and as reported even varies from country to country. There is no clear-cut consensus on anything in the younger age groups other than that the risk of developing a case requiring treatment, hospitalization, or leading to death is lower if the patient is younger. Still, the risks of vaccine complications in the very young have so far been trivial, with no deaths or hospitalizations in pre-clinical studies reported in the United States. There have been arguments back and forth about vaccinating children and how young to go with this. Arguments against vaccinating children and the risks or benefits of not opening schools include more varied opinions from mainline physical and social scientists than do those regarding vaccinating adults; those clearly show that benefits to older age groups leave no room for considering avoiding vaccinations except in clearly stated situations. Nevertheless, the preponderance of data and researchers’ opinions ultimately show that the benefits of vaccinating the young still heavily outweigh the risks for the individual and additionally significantly protect older generations of their families. The young, and anyone previously vaccinated, can get the disease, never show symptoms, and still transmit it — though the vaccinated have lower viral load and seem to clear the virus more quickly. In the United States last week, some 900,000 children between the ages of 5 and 11 received the pediatric version
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of the Pfizer vaccine (onethird the dosage of the adult version). This week, there are already more than 700,000 scheduled to be vaccinated. More than 20,000 sites nationally give shots to children aged 5 to 18. Some 28 million youngsters are eligible. Polls show that only a fraction of parents plan to get their children vaccinated immediately. Many want to wait and see how things go, some are adamant that they are never going to allow their children to be vaccinated. In the U.S. in the last year alone, there were 2 million cases of documented pediatric COVID-19, from which there were 66 deaths documented to be due to COVID and not to other concomitant illnesses. Plans for rolling out vaccines for children and adolescents vary throughout the world. Some of this is due to availability, some to Michael Forster Rothbart different countries’ analyses of the situation. Many coun- Stacey Sinstack, age 7, of Oneonta, sits on her mother’s lap as she gets a tries are waiting to see results COVID-19 vaccine shot from Otsego County public health assistant director of the United States rollout. Kim Schlosser during a clinic at Oneonta High School November 11. Mexico currently has also getting the vaccine. In Great Britain, 12-15 year-olds are no plans to inoculate those under 18. The country’s presi- getting vaccinated with a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine; in dent accused the drug companies of pushing the vaccine on the European Union, those 12 and older receive two doses of the young to make more money. In China and some South either Pfizer or Moderna. American countries, children as young as three are being In Israel there is a great deal of debate in vaccinating those vaccinated. Other countries say limiting the risk of Long younger than 11, despite rapidly vaccinating most of their COVID and other complications — as well preventing spread population before anyone else. China states that vaccinating to the elderly and other more vulnerable — outweighs the as young as three is necessary for herd immunity. Cuba risk of rare vaccine side effects. Colombia’s Health Minister and Venezuela vaccinate as young as two. Many African stated that children are vaccinated for diseases less dangerous countries are not vaccinating those under 16, but this is than COVID-19 and the number of children who have because they haven’t had enough vaccine to inoculate their already died of the disease is not insignificant. Throughout most valuable. Europe, the current recommendation is to vaccinate children In England, which has a much better handle on medical 12 and older, though younger children with risk factors are records because almost 100 percent of the population is treated by the National Health Service, out of 3,105 deaths in children and adolescents between March 2020 and February 2021, 61 were SARS-CoV-2 positive. Of those, a panel of physicians determined that 44 of those cases COVID was incidental and in 25, death was caused by COVID. Underlying co-morbidities were considered the main risk factor for death. Therefore, of all deaths in children in England during that period, 0.8% were caused by COVID. There was no information regarding long-term symptoms or complications from the infection. Children who died of SARS-CoV-2 were older than the average of this group, and all of those with MIS-C were between 10 and 14 years old. The mortality rate was 0.2 per 100,000 of all children in this group versus 25.5/100,000 for all causes. This does not include neonatal deaths in total but no neonates died from COVID. Currently in the U.S., cases per day and rolling averages are increasing and this is of concern to public health officials — because cases are assumed to increase because of the upcoming holidays as they did last year. Scientists estimate that 10 to 30 percent of COVID survivors will have Long COVID. This is defined as when one has symptoms that otherwise cannot be explained greater than four weeks after initial infection. Long COVID is now also being call PASC, Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Potentially fourteen million people have this in the U.S, according to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Long COVID is now an official disability under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). It is clear that there is no international consensus on what to do but in the majority of countries with adequate supplies of the vaccines, the recommendation is to vaccinate children. Dr. Richard Sternberg, retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 threat. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown.
THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
OBITUARIES Barry W. Marcewicz, 64 April 16, 1957 – November 11, 2021
ONEONTA Barry William Marcewicz (Formerly Munson) passed away peacefully on November 11 at his home in Oneonta, N.Y. Born on April, 16 1957, he was one of seven brothers and sisters raised on Woodhaven Golf Course in West Oneonta. He eventually bought the golf course and raised his four sons there. He was truly happiest any time he was outdoors surrounded by family, friends and wildlife. During the warmer months he was easy to find, smiling and waving at the golfers as he mowed the fairways. In the evenings he loved fishing on his land with his family and
friends. When the cold came and hunting season opened, his favorite place would be his deer stand whispering story after story to his boys about doing the exact same thing in the exact same deer stand with his father. He often said he “never worked a day” running Woodhaven and was the “luckiest man in the world.” He loved his friends and his golf course very much but his biggest joy in life was his four sons, two step children and five grandchildren. His memory will be cherished and kept alive by his four sons Malcolm, Kevin, Nathan and Matthew as well as his step children
M i k e Seroka and Jade Seroka, his five grandchildren, his siblings Peter, Carol, Barry W. A m y , Marcewicz David, Tina and Robin and their children as well as his father, Carrol. He was predeceased by his mother, Bettina Munson. A memorial service and celebration of life is being planned for the spring.
Angelena F. Richards, 98 January 22, 1923 – November 19, 2021.
O N E O N TA Center Street and – Angelena F. Riverside Schools Richards, 98, for 25 years. passed away Ange married November 19, 2021. Harold Richards on She was born July 24, 1955. He in Oneonta on predeceased her on January 22, 1923 June 20, 1980. to John and Lena She was a (Cologero) Foti. communicant of Ange spent Angelena F. St. Mary’s Church Richards the early years of and a member her life working aside her of St. Mary’s Rosary parents and siblings at the Society. She was also family bakery. She graduated a member of the New from St. Mary’s School in York Telephone Company June 1937 and from Oneonta Pioneer Club, the Oneonta High School June 1941. Ladies Business Club and She was employed by The Ladies of The Elks. the New York Telephone She is survived by her sons, Company for 33 years, at Timothy (Kay) and Stephen; the Mica Plant for 3 years granddaughter, Kayla; her and was a teacher’s aide at brother, Vincent (Gail); many
nieces, nephews, grandnephews and grandnieces. Her brothers, Thomas and Patrick and sister, Mary predeceased her. According to her wishes, there will be no services. The committal and burial will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Oneonta. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to, www.lhpfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the directions of Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.
Louise Clark Hulse, 104
September 21, 1917 – November 14, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Louise Clark Hulse, a native of Cooperstown, died early Sunday morning, November 14, 2021, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 104. Born Louise Frances Clark on September 21, 1917, at The Thanksgiving Hospital in Cooperstown, she was the only child of John Vincent Clark and Louise née Hanlon Clark. At the time of her birth, her family was firmly embedded into the fabric of Cooperstown: her maternal grandfather, Michael Hanlon, served as Mayor of the Village in the early 1900s and owned three hotels, and one uncle owned a printing press and another a shoe store. During World War I Louise and her parents moved to Church Street in Oneonta. As a young girl she grew up swimming in
Oneonta’s Wilber Park and going to the circus on the Sixth Ward Booster Club fields. She could recall tense times during her childhood, such as when the Ku Klux Klan would burn crosses up in the hills. And when Al Smith ran for President of the United States — the first Catholic to do so — her mother put his picture in the window of their house and someone threw a brick through it into their living room. After attending St. Mary’s School in Oneonta, she graduated from Oneonta High School in 1935. She received her undergraduate degree from Hartwick College in 1939, and earned a master’s degree in French from Syracuse University. For several years, she taught language in Bellport on Long Island, where she met her husband, Richmond
L. Hulse, who was enjoyed attending from Westhampton productions of Beach. The couple the Glimmerglass was married January Opera, were 30, 1944, in a cereactive members mony at St. Mary’s of St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta. “Our Lady of the At the time, Mr. Lake” Roman Hulse, a pharmaCatholic Church in cist, was serving in Cooperstown and Louise C. the US Navy as an the LeatherstockHulse analytical chemist, ing Golf so Louise and he lived in Course, and spent Brooklyn for two years until their winters in Stuart, he was assigned to Pearl Florida. Louise was Harbor in Hawaii. To be also active with the nearer to her family, Louise Bassett Auxiliary and the took a teaching job at Morris CooperstownWomen’s Club, Central School. After the did expert needlepoint, and War, they returned to Long enjoyed playing Bridge Island where they raised and arranging flowers. their family. They spent their Throughout her life, she was summers in Oneonta. always devoted to her family The Hulses retired to and her faith. Cooperstown in 1982, largely After Mr. Hulse passed because of the Leather- away on January 4, 2001, stocking Golf Course. Both Louise continued to mainavid golfers, Louise played tain the family home in until she was 89. They also Lakeland Shores. In October
of 2018 she moved into Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Louise is survived by two sons and a daughter, Richmond J. Hulse, Sr. and Donna Thomson Hulse of Cooperstown and Kiawha Island, South Carolina, Christopher Hulse and Patricia of Cos Cob, Connecticut, and Pamela Lotito and Alan, of West Hempstead, Long Island; six grandchildren, Richmond J. Hulse, Jr. (Christine) Christopher P. Hulse (Jennifer), Stephanie Gannon (Michael), Alan Lotito (Suzanne), Kristin Lotito, and Kimberly Horowitz (Phil); and 12 great grandchildren, Ryan and Leah Lotito, Richmond Matthew Hulse, Betsy, Chip and Jane Hulse, Liam, Bradley and Morgan Gannon, and Erica, Mason and Hayden Horowitz.
Family and friends may call and pay their respects from 4 - 6 p.m. Thursday afternoon, November 18, 2021, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, November 19, 2021, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown with Fr. Michael Cambi, pastor officiating. The Service of Committal and Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index, where Louise will be laid to rest. In lieu of flowers, Masses or contributions to the charity of one’s choice would be greatly appreciated. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Dolores S. Coleman, 92
February 27, 1929 – November 13, 2021
COOPERSTOWN – Dolores S. Coleman, founder of Coleman’s Answering Service that served the Cooperstown community and beyond for 50 years, died late Saturday afternoon, November 13, 2021, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, she was 92. A native of Cooperstown, Dolores Maxine Snyder was born at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital on February 27, 1929, a daughter of Clifford LeRoy Snyder and Genevieve Veda née Knapp Snyder, and was raised on a farm in Middlefield. In the summer of 1945, she went to work for “Ma Bell”, which is what New York Telephone Co. was referred to at the time. One year later, she graduated from Cherry Valley High School with the Class of ’46, and attended (“at the insistence of my father!”) a business school in Utica. That didn’t last long, and she returned to work as a switchboard operator at the Cooperstown exchange, then located at 52 Pioneer Street, just south of the Pratt Hotel. It was during this time that she met Charles A. Coleman, and on December 3, 1948, they were married in a ceremony held in the Rectory at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, with Fr. Patrick Whelan officiating. Dolores and Chuck first lived on Pioneer Street, and then settled into their home on Beaver Street and raised their three boys. For the next 15 years Dolores continued working for the telephone
company. She and the other operators placed all calls manually, plugging a long cord into a socket to receive an incoming call, and then plugging another long cord into another socket to send that call on to its destination. She did that until February 18, 1961, when New York Telephone Co, (Ma Bell’s official name) closed the local exchange. About the time that the phone company went dial, a good friend, Tom Goodyear, invited all the telephone girls to a party at Cary Mede Farm. It was there that he asked Dolores what she wanted to do with the rest of her life, and asked her about running an answering service in Cooperstown. Dolores’ response was no; she just didn’t think there would be many customers. Goodyear assured her that with his help, they would. So on July 3, 1961, a switchboard was placed in the Coleman home on Beaver Street and Coleman’s Answering Service was in business. She started with seven customers (The American Red Cross was first, closely followed by Ingalls Funeral Home) and by the end of the year she was up to 14. She operated the switchboard day and night for 20 years, but on September 25, 1981, she switched to, as she put it, “an oversized telephone”. Over the course of 50 years, Dolores’ customers reached more than 100, including several funeral homes, physicians, veterinarians, automobile repair shops, and the police department. Whether it was a late-night call during calving season, or the unpleasant call about the death of a loved one, her service
She will be greatly missed by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Charles A. “Skip” Coleman III and Laura, Clifford S. Coleman and Colleen, and Carter F. Coleman and Katie, all of Cooperstown. She is further survived by eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren: Brandi and Ross Valvo and their two children, Amanda Coleman and her two children, Jill Coleman and her three children, Lindsay and Tim Hayes and their two children, Clifford and Meagan Jim Kevlin Coleman, Jr. and their two Dolores Coleman as pictured in a November 24, 2011 article children, Melissa and Dan in The Freeman’s Journal on her and her collection of antique Croft and their three children, telephones Maegan and Scott Whiteman was there, with Dolores ready to answer. and their three children, and After her 50 years, four months and four McKenzie Coleman. Also surviving is a very days in service, Dolores sold her answering special cousin, Susan Vicki Rezen of Florida, service to a company in Albany. She was and many, many nieces and nephews. She very concerned that her loyal customers be often stated that she had a very special family well-served by the new company, as many and loved them all very much. had become good friends and were no longer She was preceded in death by her beloved just customers. husband of 65 years, Chuck “Pappy” She and Chuck later sold their home on Coleman, who died November 9, 2013, and Beaver Street and moved to the Cooper Lane her sister, Betsy J. Snyder, who died May 15, Apartments. She enjoyed the ability to walk 2016. to town, have lunch with old friends, shop Family and friends may pay their respects and enjoy other pleasures she was not able at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral to do since she was always answering the Home in Cooperstown from 10 a.m. until 12 phone. Noon on Saturday morning, November 27, Through the years, Dolores had a passion 2021. for horses and horse racing, and somehow A Funeral Service will be offered at 12 always found time to get away for at least Noon on Saturday at the funeral home with a day to go to the track. Perhaps her most the Rev. Betsy Jay officiating. Immediately favorite place to go was Saratoga during following the service, all are welcome to reracing season in August. On May 17, 2014, gather at the Cooperstown Vets Club for a her family honored her love of horses by time of refreshment, fellowship, and perhaps having the first race at Belmont Park named some singing… for her. Before, during and after this special As an alternative to flowers, please event, Dolores expressed how much she consider a donation in memory of Dolores to enjoyed this. the Cooperstown Fire Department, PO Box Dolores will also be remembered for the 1, Cooperstown, NY 13326. many cakes she baked for family and friends’ Arrangements were under the care and special events and parties. In later years guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth she enjoyed being a part of the Prayerfully Funeral Home in Cooperstown. Made Ministry at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, knitting blankets and shawls for the local hospital and nursing homes.
THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
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Oneonta warming site at capacity By Kevin Limiti Opportunities for Otsego and the Oneonta Police Department are exploring strategies to get homeless people in the area sheltered now that winter is here. An executive order issued by former Governor Andrew Cuomo says that after temperatures go below 32 degrees, the homeless must be sheltered. Catholic Charities, the Main Street Baptist Church, Otsego County Department of Social Services, and other religious groups opened a new warming station in Oneonta in March 2021 to allow those outside to warm up during the cold weather. Homeless who are found in other areas of Otsego County, including Cooperstown, are typically taken to the warming station in Oneonta. Located at 189 Chestnut Street, the warming station has been running to capacity every night, according to OFO. It is open daily from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. to anyone older than age 18. Oneonta Police Chief Chris Witzenberg said the Department of Social Services and Opportunities for Otsego have been working with OPD to try to shelter people who are outside. Many, the chief said, refuse assistance. “There’s really nothing we can do,” Chief Witzenberg said. “We can’t force them do anything unless there’s a court order.” Chief Witzenberg said OPD created a community solutions panel to help deal with some of the issues related to homelessness in Oneonta. Opportunities for Otsego CEO Dan Maskin said affordable housing remains the greater issue. “By far, the number one reason people go into our homeless shelter is because they’ve been evicted for non-payment of rent,”
Celebrate the Spirit of Christmas! The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta are joining with The Salvation Army to make a joyful Christmas for area families through the 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 is the 97th year of this community tradition. The Salvation Army has gathered the Christmas wish lists, grouped by family.
Mr. Maskin said, explaining that eviction moratoriums, which went into effect during the pandemic “are starting to relax.” “Housing — and Otsego County is a microcosm of that — is becoming more expensive,” Mr. Maskin said. “Affordable housing projects take a long time and they are unbelievably expensive.” He said problems with evictions were increasing. “It’s quite alarming,” he said. “There’s no real homeless funding at the federal or state level. They basically say ‘we leave it up to the local municipalities to figure out.’” He said this puts a lot of pressure on local governments to deal with homelessness. “In Otsego County, we’re fortunate because we have two solid resources such as the homeless shelter and warming station,” Mr. Maskin said, but also noted it wasn’t a true solution. “These are really bandaids.” OFO also runs a homeless shelter in Oneonta. William Rivera, OFO crisis intervention director, said the warming station houses about four or five people each night. Any more than that are sent to local area motels, facilitated by the Otsego County DSS and area non-profits such as OFO. OFO’s Emergency Housing Assistance Program last year aided 56 households and provided temporary housing to 65 people. Some 150 took advantage of the EHAP food pantry. Mr. Rivera said it is difficult to quantify the number of homeless in the area because they do not have an outreach program which looks for homeless people. He also stressed it wasn’t important to focus on the number of homeless because, according to him, one homeless person in a community is one too many. The eviction moratorium in New York was extended in September to January 15, 2022.
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THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
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‘Porch pirates’ on the hunt for holiday shipping booty
By Kevin Limiti They take on the title “porch pirates,” but really, they’re package thieves — the dark side of the busy holiday shopping season deliveries. Just two weeks ago, two people were arrested for stealing packages from porches in Hartwick, Garrattsville, and New Lisbon, according to New York State Police. The pair were arrested November 15 and charged with petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and conspiracy in the sixth degree. The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta asked local police departments for strategies local residents can employ
to protect their packages. Agnieszka Dembinska, public information officer for the New York State Police, said package thefts happen throughout the year, but become more common as the holiday season approaches. “It happens every year now that more and more folks are using online services,” Officer Dembinska said. “We usually see an uptick around the holiday times.” Officer Dembinska recommended shoppers sign up for delivery alerts to know when their package arrives, or use a service such as Amazon Locker. She also said to call the police if residents see somebody acting suspicious, including a person driving slowly in a way that is unusual for the neighborhood. Oneonta Police Chief Chris Witzenberg said there was no “perfect solution” to porch piracy, although there were some things resident could do to protect their delivered parcels. “Anytime we’re talking about online shopping it gets tricky,” Chief Witzenberg said. He suggested “having some signs of life at the house or having packages delivered to a place where you can pick them up.” According to Chief Witzenberg, practices such as this can help protect people’s packages. “Every year we have some sort of package theft,” Chief Witzenberg said. “One person, if he or she is so inclined, can go through many packages.” Police suggest, too, that buyers add special instructions such as delivering to a back door or to a trustworthy neighbor who might be home. “Even dummy cameras would be enough of a deterrent to make them move along,” Chief Witzenberg said. Otsego County Sherriff Richard Devlin said it helps to keep delivered packages out of sight. “It’s a tough thing,” he said. “These people are driving around looking to see something unattended on the porch.
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Schenevus/From Page A1 merge the districts. Mr. Gonzales said studies suggest the merger would allow for a more diverse academic offering, and more electives “even at the elementary level.” “We ourselves can’t tell people which way to vote,” Mr. Gonzales said of himself and Ms. Carlin. “I understand there’s a lot of commitment to the communities and they may vote ‘no.’ Our job is to give them all the information they need to make an informed decision.” He characterized as ‘misinformation’ local stories about teachers losing jobs and buildings closing. Stacie Haynes, a former member of the Schenevus school board and a
longtime supporter of combining the schools, and said the Schenevus fiscal situation was dire enough to warrant the merger. She said insufficient tax revenue and a structural budget deficit exacerbate the district plight. “We sort of hit a wall,” Ms. Haynes said. “Schenevus was forced to make several cuts and the options weren’t good.” “We either could cut our programs so badly that New York State would say that we could no longer be a school, or we could raise taxes at a significant rate” Ms. Haynes said. She estimated taxes could be raised by some 10 percent just to cover program costs. She said they conducted a merger
study with Worcester and determined it to be a possible solution. “It’s really a fabulous option we have in front of us, but there’s a lot of opposition,” Ms. Haynes said. “My kids deserve the same education as those who are asking people to say ‘no.’ It’s truly a sad situation and one that’s tearing the community apart.” Ms. Carlin said the need for funding was important when deciding on the merger. “I’m a data person and all the data points to this being the best thing we can do,” Ms. Carlin said. “I know there are a lot of emotions around this but we have to separate that. These schools will not survive unless we fund them. There isn’t enough funding.”
It’s really no different than going to a store and stealing. They have no idea what’s in that box so they’re just hoping it’s something that pays.” Corporal James Kelman of the Cooperstown Police Department said the number of calls the village department gets each year from package thefts is “in the single digits” but nevertheless had suggestions on how to give residents “peace of mind.” He echoed the advice of his local law enforcement colleagues, but also suggested using the Amazon Ring, a video doorbell, and/or to let the post office know if they’re going away so they can hold their mail. “I don’t want to jinx it, but so far we haven’t had many problems with package theft,” he said. “We’re in a different climate now, so we may see an increase, but at this time they’re not prevalent in the village.” The New York State Consumer Protection Board, too, offers package safety tips, as well, urging consumers to take special care to guard against package and delivery scams. Here’s what they recommend: • Keep track of your packages. Package tracking and delivery scams are common during the holidays. Review the tracking information for your package and note any issues right away through the merchandisers’ websites. • Beware of phishing attempts. Another common scam this time of year is scammers using phishing emails and text messages and impersonating delivery companies (e.g. UPS, USPS, FedEx), banking and credit card companies, and other large retailers (e.g. Netflix, PayPal, eBay, Amazon), which often include links to sites attempting to steal your information. Always open a browser and type the company’s website address yourself instead of clicking on a link in an email or text message.
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THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
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Park Friends prep Cooperstown’s Badger Park for ice skating fun By Jaye Shelby Cooperstown’s Badger Park ice skating rink opens Sunday, December 5, with Friends of the Parks collaborating with the village to welcome residents for family skating fun. Volunteers have more than 100 pairs of sharpened skates available at Badger Park for use by local families. The walls of the rink that hold the liner have been scraped, repaired, and freshly painted, and a new pavilion was installed to accommodate the picnic area. Friends of the Parks has been working hard to help village families enjoy outdoor winter sports. As soon as its cold enough, bring the whole family for skating on the rink at 87 Beaver Street in the Village of Cooperstown.
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Badger Park friends deliver this year’s skate supply to ready the Beaver Street rink. Left to right: Ben Bauer, Tom Hohensee, Bill Ralston, Susie Knight, and Dave Peplinski
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THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
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The Farmers’ Museum brings ‘lantern tours’ back for another December By Ted Potrikus Holiday Lantern Tours return this December to The Farmers’ Museum — evening events guiding visitors through museum grounds by lantern light with talks on the history of December holidays, including Christmas, and how they were celebrated in Upstate New York in years past. Deb Anderson, Museum interpreter and assistant to the director of education, said the hour-long tours “give visitors a real picture of what people in this part of New York State would do to celebrate the season every December.” “In the 1840s, Christmas celebrations specifically were just coming into vogue,” she said. “We walk people through the traditional Yule and Winter Solstice of the era, the first Christmas card, the music, the introduction of the Christmas tree. We try to touch on all of the things that made the festivities of December so special in our region.” “This year, we’re expanding to take a look at the celebrations from the 1820s to preCivil War times,” she said. “We end at Todd’s General Store, which will be open this year, and we’re adding new components for children to make it a fun and interactive experience for them.” She said she and The Farmers’ Museum are excited to present the tours for a second year. “The pandemic kept us from hosting our Candlelight Evening in 2020,” she said. “We were so disappointed, of course, but when we offered the smaller lantern tours as an option, they became a big hit. The guided tours are more intimate and we all find ourselves having the best conversations about all the stops along the way.” “We’re an educational facility at heart,” she said. “We love the ‘a-ha!’ moment that people feel when they learn the difference between cooking on an open hearth and cooking on a wood stove. They’ll look at the decorations we’ve made and want to know how we did it. We can show them!” Ms. Anderson said the Museum was nonetheless disappointed that pandemic protocol once again this year blocked the popular Candlelight Evening.
“Our Board of Directors is committed first to the safety of the community and every person who visits,” she said. “When we had to cancel Candlelight this year, we had that moment of disappointment — but then jumped right in to scheduling the weekly tours.” Last year’s full schedule of lantern tours sold out. Tours take place on Fridays and Saturdays in December (December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18), beginning at 3 p.m. and running every 20 minutes. The final tour each day begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.com: $18 for adult members (13+), $20 for adult non-members (13+), $10 for juniors (7-12), and $5 for children (3-6). Reservations are required and no walk-ins are accepted. Each tour is limited to 12 people, lasting approximately one hour and held mostly outdoors. Tours beginning between 3 and 4 p.m. occur during daylight; visitors with potential mobility issues should contact the Museum in advance to ensure a safe and enjoyable visit. For more information, call 607-547-1456 or e-mail d.anderson@farmersmuseum.org. Contributed This year’s program is sponsored in part by NYCM Insurance and the Otsego County Tours end at Todd’s General Store, open this year for holiday shopping. government.
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Cooperstown Christmas Committee volunteers make the season bright
Committee members and volunteers hard at work at the November 21 gathering include, clockwise from back row left, Meg Tillapaugh, Sharon Chase, Claire Satriano, Bob Satriano, Molly Toulson, Becket Toulson, Dunham Toulson, Rosanne Murray, and Melissa Barry.
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Earn Colleen Perrino stands atop the ladder to put the finishing touch on a Main Street lamppost, that’s Michael Perrino on street level and their son Michael in between.
Eileen Bressee arranges the garland and bows adorning Santa’s Cottage as a part of the village Christmas Committee’s volunteer event. “It really does take a village to do all this great work,” said organizer Meg Tillapaugh. A few dozen friends and families turned out on Sunday, November 21 to decorate Pioneer Park and Main Street’s lampposts.
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THURSDAY, November 25, 2021
► Thursday, Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Day SHOEBOXES FOR SENIORS – Create a box of gifts for area seniors. Include nonperishables from body wash to books. Drop off locations are receiving up to 12/15 at The Office for the Aging, The Meadows office complex at 140 County Hwy 33W, Cooperstown. nyconnects@otsegocounty.com SENIOR LUNCH – Noon. The Otsego County Office for the Aging invites residents aged 60+ for lunch. Must call 24+ hours in advance. Suggested donation $3.50. Milford United Methodist Church, 113 N.
Main St., Milford. 607-5476454. THANKSGIVING – 1 p.m. Far from friends/family? Don’t spend Thanksgiving alone. Come down to FORDO for Thanksgiving dinner with the crew. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego counties, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. 607-267-4435.
►Friday, November 26 THANKSGIVING – 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Walk off Thanksgiving meal with a stroll through the Historic Village. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450. BLOOD DRIVE – Noon -
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6 p.m. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/ BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 6:30 p.m. Bassett Hall, 1 Atwell Rd., Cooperstown. 1-800733-2767. SANTA ARRIVES – 5 p.m. Greet Santa as he arrives at his cottage. Refreshments and music will be available. Please wear a mask to visit Santa’s cottage. Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.
►Saturday, Nov. 27 SPRINGFIELD READS – 10 a.m. Springfield community
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members present stories of thankfulness for the young people of Springfield. In collaboration with Hyde Hall. Springfield Library, 129 County Rd. 29A, Springfield Center. 315-858-5802. WREATH FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Bid on holiday wreaths created by community members and businesses.
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Garratsville Fire Department, 4413 State Rte. 51, Garrattsville 800-733-2767. OPEN HOUSE – 4:30 p.m. Congressman Brian Miller hosts open house at his new district office. Come with questions, comments or concerns about the state legislature and bring non-perishable food to donate to ‘Feed Our Vets’ drive being hosted there. Ribbon cutting at 4:45. Brian Miller’s District Office, 48 Genesee St., New Hartford. 315-736-3879. CRIMINAL ELEMENT – 6 p.m. Mystery and thriller authors come together to write a short story live on this edition of ‘Once Upon a Crime’. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library, Oneonta. 607-432-1980.
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Includes holiday raffle, silent auction, and holiday cheer. Fundraiser benefits the association and the Art Association Scholarship Fund. Cooperstown Art Asociation, in COunty 22 OtsegO Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9777. THANKSGIVING – 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Stroll through The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. See Friday Listing. VIRTUAL TOUR – 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Explore the exhibit ‘Believe in Yourself: What We Learned From Arthur.’ See original illustrations from Marc Brown, the creator of the Arthur Adventure Book series and popular television show ‘Arthur.’ Free, registration required. Suggested donation, $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. SUPPLY SWAP – Noon - 5 p.m. Drop off unused art & craft supplies to give them new life. Everything welcome from yarn to paints. The Art Dept., 8 Main St., Cherry Valley. Visit facebook.com/Theartdeptny SANTA – 1 - 4 p.m. Bring the kids to visit with Santa in his Cottage at Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. LIFESKILLS – 4 - 6 p.m. Teens learn to cook with Lynn. Menu posted to FB. Seating limited, reservations required. Presented by The Oneonta Teen Center. 50 Dietz St., Oneonta. 607 441 3999.
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►Wednesday, Dec. 1 SANTA VISITS – 6 p.m. Kids can tell Santa their Christmas wishes. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980.
►Thursday, Dec. 2
FUNDRAISER – 8:30 - 10 a.m. Spin to support the Cooperstown Food Pantry. Sign up online with a minimum donation of $10 to go to the pantry. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-5472800 . SANTA – Noon - 2 p.m. Bring the kids and furry friends to visit with Santa and get some adorable holiday pictures with the pets. Santa’s Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.
SHOEBOXES FOR SENIORS – Create a gift box for local seniors. See Thursday Listing. ARTFUL JOURNAL – 1 p.m. Record your feelings and experiences through sketch, collage, calligraphy, and more with a supportive group. Please bring your own supplies. Monthly meetings will include time to share and inspire each other. Springfield Library, 129 County Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802. CHRISTMAS TREES – 6:30 p.m. Learn about the properties of different varieties of Christmas Trees from scent to needle retention and more. Hybrid class offers either in person discussion or online. Presented by The Cornell Cooperative Extension, 173 S. Grand St., Cobleskill. 607547-2536.
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►Friday, December 3
BUSINESS SEMINAR – 9 a.m. MindWell Center, Ithaca NY, presents webinar on impacts of the pandemic on your workforce’s mental well-being and how you as a boss can help your team. Free, pre-registration required. Presented by Otsego County Chamber of Commerce. 607-432-4500. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH – 10 a.m. Learn about the latest research with Beth SmithBoivin, executive director of the Alzheimers Association for Northeastern NY. Preceeded by buffet breakfast at 9. Free, RSVP required. Held at The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 518675-7214. BLOOD DRIVE – 1 - 6 p.m.
HOLIDAY TOUR – 3 - 8 p.m. Tour the historic village by lantern. Learn about how Christmas was celebrated in Upstate New York in years past. Cost, $20/adult. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450. SANTA – 4 - 6 p.m. Bring the kids and furry friends to visit with Santa and for holiday pictures. Santa’s Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. PREVIEW PARTY – 5 - 7 p.m. Get an early look at holiday trees created by area businesses and individuals for the 2021 Festival of Trees. Production Room, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-2941.
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History Day comes alive with Cooperstown Grad Program leadership his CGP presentation to Cooperstown Central School to speak to a history class there. “Some of those kids have grown up seeing me on tv and learning about history,” he said. Mr. Wildman didn’t intend to be a history buff. “My father was a history teacher,” he said. “I wanted to be Jacques Cousteau, a marine biologist. I’d watch him on tv and he took me places I couldn’t go in real life. But I was terrible in math and chemistry. I enrolled in the Drama Studio in London, came back to New York, waited tables, and worked my way into the business.” “It all led to what I do now,” he said. “Executive produce and host these history shows!” “Cities of the Underworld” Cooperstown Graduate Program (CGP) Director is Mr. Wildman’s newest Gretchen Sorin with Don Wildman program, in its first season on The History Channel.. 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