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Volume 5, No. 38

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Taylor Trombley, OHS grad and Hartwick sophomore, receives the John Moffat Perpetual Award at the 17th annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horseshow Sunday, June 9, at Iroquois Farms, south of Cooperstown. She was the winningest rider. Complete results at:

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Tax-Free NY, Ioxus May Be Ideal Match

oxus’ 80,000-square-foot expansion may be an ideal beneficiary for Tax Free NY, Governor Cuomo’s novel economic-development idea now before the state Legislature. That’s what Robert Megna, director, state Division of Budget, told Ioxus President Mark McGough after a Friday, June 7, briefing at SUNY Oneonta’s Craven Lounge. Megna was in the city to outline Tax Free NY, which aims to create tax-free zones near SUNY campuses with the idea of keeping graduates in New York State. TOP ENTREPRENEUR:

Ernst & Young has named Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya 2013 World Entrepreneur of the Year from more than 50 winners worldwide. CONCERTS IN PARKS:

C’est Bon, a Cajun dance band, is the first Concert in Neahwa Park, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20.

iving, working and shopping in downtown Oneonta just got a little bit more expensive. Two Pay & Display parking meters, approved by Common Council nearly a year ago, began service at 7 a.m. Wednesday, June 12. One is servicing the municipal parking deck’s lower level; the HOMETOWN ONEONTA other replaces individual City Hall’s Jamie meters in the Westcott Knapp installs a parking lot, between sign heralding the Ruffino’s and the old P&D machines. city hall. The P&D meters are the same as the ones used in Cooperstown, where numerous startup wrinkles have emerged, including a service outage on Thursday, June 6, that knocked out parking meters as far away as Virginia. “We’ve run tests on ours to make sure they print right,” Please See PARKING, A5

A decade ago, on the 250th anniversary of Methodism, the Rev. Ken Baldwin depicted John Wesley, riding through the city on a white charger and preaching a barnburning sermon from atop a picnic table in Wilber Park.

Energized Schwerd Casts Net For Ideas ‘Commerce Chenango’ Expert Due By JIM KEVLIN

In Heroic Days, Departing Pastor Championed Underdog By JIM KEVLIN

FOND FAREWELL: Join other wellwishers in honoring the Baldwins at the start of the Oneonta Outlaws game, 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Damaschke Field. Admission free.

ow many lives have heroic periods? A half-century later, Ken Baldwin – the Rev. (ret.) Kenneth K. Baldwin – looks back on his with mixed feelings: Satisfaction on living in accordance with his ideals; regret about the fallout on his family. As pastor of the suburban North Flushing Presbyterian Church, the turbulent 1960s

Nancy and Ken Baldwin

found him pushed into Democratic politics, defending the Black Panthers and, finally,

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bandoned houses, noise ordinances, emergency sirens and homeregister for the Boys & Girls owner grant programs. Club summer camps. Check Common Council members discussed oneontaboysandgirlsclub.org all those issues Tuesday, June 11. And for details, or call Jennifer that was just over their morning cup of O’Donnell at 432-1133. coffee. GO TO CAMP! It’s time to

removed from his pulpit by the Presbytery. “I did what I thought was the right thing to do,” he reflected as he prepared for three new milestones in his life: His 90th Please See BALDWINS, A4

nergized by Sandy Mathes’ economic-development ideas, county Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, is casting her net farther for inspiration on increasing local prosperity. Schwerd Mathes, former Greene County IDA director, was in the county Wednesday, June 5, and Friday, June 7, at county Board Chair Kathy Clark’s invitation and Schwerd’s initiative, addressing the county Board of Representatives and Citizen Voices respectively. This coming Monday, June 17, Schwerd has invited Jennifer Tavares, director of ComPlease See JOBS, A6 City Manager Mike Long, right, discusses possible options for noise problems with Jonathan Gell, Councilmember Madolyn Palmer and Madeline Berry at the Shops at Ford & Main.

It was the first “Coffee with Common Council,” hour-long sessions, planned 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays at the Collage Food Boutique in the Shops at Ford & Main. The idea is to give the public a chance to chat informally with their elected representatives. “This is the kind of thing we need,” said Second Ward Council member Larry Please See CHAT, A8

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Chapter Chaplain Linda Sokolowski, second from left, and outgoing Regent Doris Martin, third from left, induct new members: from left, Dora Davis, Joanne Long and Lynn Ottzen.

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The Oneonta Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution inducted officers for 2013-16 Saturday, June 8, at its annual meeting at the Plains at Parish Homestead’s Traditions Restaurant. Front row, from left, are Linda Sokolowski, Laurens, chaplain; Louise VanBuren, Oneonta, second vice president; Sandy Gutosky, Norwich, first vice regent; Jeanne Westcott, Garrattsville, regent, and Melinda McTaggart, Schenevus, national vice chair and inducting officer. Second row, from left, Jackie Leahy, West Oneonta; Linda Riddell, Otego, assistant registrar; Jean Bright, Delhi, librarian; Perrie Saxton, West Oneonta, corresponding secretary; Liz Moeller, Oneonta, registrar; Gail Rogers, Cooperstown, assistant treasurer; Jaci Bettiol, Oneonta, treasurer; Doris Martin, Otego, past regent; Helen Rees, Oneonta, historian; Barb Waters, Oneonta, DAR schools, and Beth Wilder, Oneonta, Sunshine.

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For Now, Economic Development MUST Happen In Oneonta

he first step in Greene County’s effort to recruit business and industry was to encourage every town to develop a comprehensive master plan – i.e., for residents to agree on a vision for their town’s future. That county’s former economic developer, Sandy Mathes – he addressed the Otsego County Board of Representatives last week on his area of expertise – said the Greene County IDA contributed $10,000 to each town plan, which typically costs $20,000-$25,000 to develop, to get things going. Two towns, in particular, Coxsackie and New Baltimore, saw economic development in their futures. They had flat land near two New York State Thruway exits. Today, the Greene Business & Tech Park in Coxsackie and the Kalkberg Commerce Park next door in New Baltimore host an array of enterprises employing 1,000 people. A few years later, the Durham town supervisor approached Mathes and asked, “How come you’re never around?” There was no point, Mathes replied: Durham’s comprehensive plan envisioned an unchanged rural town. • Mathes had a lot of sensible things to say in addressing the county board Wednesday, June 5. He had been invited by board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to discuss how the county might best replace county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis, who resigned, effective in August. He

Southern Otsego can enjoy recreation at the north end; northern residents can commute to a growing variety of jobs to the south. • With Mayor Miller in the audience at the Citizen Voices’ session, Mathes was explicit: Only the City of Oneonta has the infrastructure – municipal water and sewerage – that the lion’s share of development will require. Further, whenever gasoline goes above $4 a gallon, “my phone starts ringing with questions about rail,” said Mathes. The largest chunk of undeveloped land in the city is the old D&H yards, with ready rail access. The Town of Oneonta is curJim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA rently updating its comprehensive Sandy Mathes, former Greene County economic developer, master plan, and a healthy majoraddresses the Otsego County Board of Representatives. ity expressed support for additionOn the dais are county board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, al economic development in the left, and County Attorney Ellen Coccoma. town. The stars are aligning. spoke to Citizen Voices two days Cooperstown, embraces tourism Oneonta – city and town – that’s later at the Carriage House on – cultural tourism and eco-tourism where the action is going to be, Southside Drive. – as the economic drivers, with the at least shortterm. While merger The theme that ran through both Hall of Fame, the NYSHA musediscussions are stalled for now, presentations was: Focus on your ums, the Glimmerglass Festival, building a common future may inassets, not your liabilities. Put Hyde Hall, Brewery Ommegang evitably evolve into a new governanother way: Do what you can; and Otsego Lake. mental reality, if it makes sense. don’t worry about what you can’t. At the southern end, Oneonta is • Or another way, as Thomas Jefthe retail center and – with its two All this came into focus again ferson used to say: Open the door colleges and light industry (Astro- on listening to Sandy Mathes. by the smooth handle. com, Custom Electronics, growThere’s certainly a role for him loThat’s a perfect approach for ing Ioxus) – the employment hub. cally, whether helping the county Otsego County, which in duo par- I-88 runs through it – much like restructure its economic-developtes divisa est. (Plus, Mathes, hav- Greene County’s east end – offerment effort and recruit a successor ing walked the walk successfully, ing much opportunity for future to Carolyn Lewis or – if he can knows exactly what must be done development. be convinced – a wider and more to achieve economic development. Both parts of the county can permanent role in the county’s Very impressive.) continue on those parallel tracks, rebirth. The north end, around to the benefit of residents of each. City Hall, clearly, will be a ma-

jor participant in that discussion, as it should be: It’s going to be the center of good things that are coming our way. County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who chairs the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and led the charge on Mathes’ appearance, is continuing fact-finding, as is appropriate. She has invited Jennifer Tavares, Commerce Chenango executive director, to the Monday, June 17, IGA meeting. The Chenango model – all economic-development functions, including the chamber of commerce, are under one roof – is intriguing as well. Mayor Miller and Lewis are planning to attend as well, so this sounds like a promising and appropriate next step in an evolving exploration. There’s not so much going on that Lewis needs to be replaced immediately on her departure in August. The important thing it to get it right – “it” being economic development. “I’m not saying right now that any model is right or wrong,” said Schwerd. But pointing out that Obamacare alone is going to cost the county $2 million next year, she declared: “We need growth. We need business growth, or this county is going to be bankrupt.” That’s exactly right. Let’s get it right. Let’s structure the process right. Let’s staff it right. Let’s fund it right. Let’s shake loose an insufficient status quo and move forward to a better future with confidence and optimism.

ON THE RECORD

Half-Century Later, Ken Baldwin Treasures, Regrets His Era Of Heroism BALDWINS, From A1 birthday, his – and Nancy’s – 65th wedding anniversary and his departure from Oneonta, where the couple has lived for a quarter-century. “If I had to do it over again, I would have developed a little more political savvy in addition to my honesty.” Raised in Syracuse, he met his future wife while working on an uncle’s farm one summer in Charlotte, Vt., where Nancy’s father, a professor at the University of Vermont, was pastor at the Congregational church. They were separated by World War II – stationed in the Philippines, Baldwin accompanied William Sloane Coffin, the eminent Presbyterian cleric and activist, on an inspection tour – the couple married at that same Charlotte church in 1947. Nancy had attended UVM. Ken was finishing his studies at Syracuse University to become a chemical engineer. (The annual tuition was $600; the GI Bill paid $500, and SU provided him with a $100 scholarship for the rest. “I never paid a

nickel,” said the still-appreciative alum.) As it happened, he never applied his academic training. (“Ken would rather work with people than build a better mousetrap,” said Nancy. Ken chimed in, “... even though we need better mousetraps.” The two laughed, as they often do on chatting together.) After graduating in 1951, he and Nancy left for a churchsponsored work-study summer, which included helping convert sea bottom into farmland in Holland. They ended up in Edinburgh. There, he received a cable from Union Theological Seminary; he had been admitted. Landing in Bayonne, N.J., Ken and Nancy took a cab to the New York City campus, so broke the new student had to run inside to borrow a few dollars for the fare. 1953 found the newly minted Reverend Baldwin assigned to the new North Flushing church, a growing congregation in a pleasant community near the Whitestone Bridge. Soon, well before Vatican II, Ken was

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into the ecumenical movement, sharing pulpits with an AME pastor in Harlem and a rabbi in Far Rockaway. When Father Gannon Ryan, the Catholic New Testament scholar, organized a retreat in Rosslyn for 40 priests and 40 Protestant ministers, Baldwin was among them. “We live in a pluralistic world,” he said, sitting in the living room of the couple’s Dietz Street retirement house. “If we truly believe God is somehow spiritual father/mentor/God for all people, it follows as night follows day: I have to be building relationships with others.” In 1968, the pastor knocked off a more conservative Democrat to become member of the state delegation to the tumultuous convention in Chicago. At home, Nancy got a call: “Quick, turn on the TV. Ken’s on.” Interviewed by NBC’s Edwin Newman, he was relating how Mayor Daley, finding the New York delegation too pro-McCarthy and anti-LBJ, had turned off its telephones. Calling on his Vermont roots (Nancy’s, actually), he had arranged for the huge New York delegation to use tiny Vermont’s across the aisle. (Phil Hoff, Vermont’s first Democratic governor, presided there.) The following year, Pastor Baldwin learned at a meeting of the New York City Presbytery that 13 Black Panthers, accused of plotting to blow up police stations, had been held without bail for four months at the Kew Gardens Detention Center. A well-watered pastor of Park Avenue’s Central Presbyterian Church put up part of the bail, and Baldwin put up “all our assets,” everything he had, to allow one of the Panthers to emerge from

Ken and Nancy Baldwin, counterclockwise from lower left, at their 1947 wedding in Charlotte, Vt.; with son and twin daughters in Flushing in the late 1960s, and dancing in February 2012 at an OFO benefit in Foothills’ Atrium.

jail every other day to confer with a defense lawyer and prepare for trial. The 1970 trial last three months (and cost $1 million to prosecute), but it “only took 90 minutes for them to return a not-guilty verdict on all charges,” said the pastor. Ken Baldwin’s satisfaction was short-lived. Soon, he received an invitation to lunch from the chairman of the Presbytery’s Committee on Ministerial Relations. “Ken,” he was counseled, “you’ve got to calm down. You’re too involved. The Presbytery is not willing to sustain you.” Soon, he was “invited to leave” and found himself

working as a drug-education educator in East New York, “an extension of Bed-Sty. It was quite a trauma” for him, Nancy, their teenage son Stuart and young twin daughters, Ann and Amy. (Nancy went to work at the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, but didn’t tell her dad in Vermont, which was in the midst of its pioneering anti-billboard campaign.) But all things pass. By 1973, Reverend Baldwin had been offered a United Methodist congregation in the Catskills, at Hensonville. “It was like heaven,” he remembers. As the children grew, the family was assigned to Red Hook

(north of Hyde Park), Liberty, Higganum, Conn., (on the Connecticut River, south of Hartford), and, finally, Treadwell, from which the couple retired to Oneonta in 1988. Locally, the Baldwins were active in the First UM at Chestnut and Church, and Ken filled in as interim minister from Andes to Fly Creek. His penchant for ecumenism continued, and he raised a few eyebrows by filling in for Father John Rosson at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church in Cooperstown a couple times. He got to know Peter Macris, and has served on the Foothills Performing Arts board of directors since its beginning. An avid golfer, he shot a 43 on a par 35 nine at the Ouleout Creek course in Franklin just the other day. Even this chapter must end. On Monday, July 1, a moving van will pull up to the Baldwins’ home. By that week’s end, they will be settled in their new one-story at Deland Acres, a retirement community in Fairport, near where Amy, a psychotherapist, is living; Ann, a neuroscientist at SUNY Geneseo, lives nearby. Stuart and his wife are in Elmira, where they are rehabbing properties. Reflecting on his adventures of a half-century ago, he reflects on the “Serenity Poem” by Reinhold Niebuhr, his professor at Union Theological Seminary:. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, “The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” Said Ken Baldwin, “Knowing the difference is the hardest part.”

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History

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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

In some of the large cigar-making centers the industry is being seriously injured through the general stagnation of the trade. Thousands of cigar-makers, including all branches of the craft, are idle, while many are on the verge of destitution. The prospects for future employment are not bright, either. One employer recently told a committee of employees who waited upon him that it was his opinion that, within three months, the rolling and bunching machines would almost eliminate manual labor from the trade. Inventive genius in the way of labor-saving machinery is rapidly displacing even skilled cigar-makers. The bunching machine was developed under the pressure of continual strikes and is more than any other device reducing mechanics to penury. Before bunch-making machines were introduced, a bunch-maker was able to make $2.00 and $2.80 for a thousand scrap bunches. The machine which supersedes them works longer and faster and costs less to work. It is called the “Iron Scab” among the cigar-makers. One girl is all that is necessary to operate it, and it produces from 4,000 to 25,000 bunches a week. June 1888

100 Years Ago

Local News – George O. Ellis of the Brook View farm on Upper West Street has put in use a new milk wagon of modern pattern and attractive finish. During the 11 years of his serving a milk route in this city he has not missed a delivery and no one will deny that he is entitled to the best wagon he can get. South Main Street is again open to traffic after having been paved. The street is one much used by heavy traffic and cuts off a considerable distance for hauls to certain sections of the city. June 1913

80 Years Ago

Local Mention – Good progress has been made with the tar treatment section of the oiling program for the city streets according to Superintendent of Public Works Emerson H. Bull. The unusually warm weather this spring, coupled with a light rainfall, has given an early start and the work done has been most satisfactory. Work on Lewis Street, Otsego Street, Hazel Street, part of lower River Street, part of Prospect Street and Division Street has been completed. It is hoped that Ford Avenue, part of Walnut

10 Years Ago

40 Years Ago

Charles Latorella, the man heading New York State’s investigation of the apparent gasoline shortage is finding that the more he studies the situation, the more confused he becomes. “The more we get to know about this, the more puzzled we are,” he said. Latorella predicts that 300 gas stations throughout New York will close shortly if no action is taken. Latorella’s office has confirmed the closing of more than 20 stations, mostly independent operators among the state’s more than 11,000 stations. “We’d like to know why there is an alleged shortage in New York State, which is very well supplied with petroleum facilities,” he said. Major oil companies have recently been allocating their supplies and, in some cases, actually cutting off supplies to various stations. June 1973

30 Years Ago

Despite a 7.5 percent pay increase with their newly ratified contract, Oneonta policemen are still the lowest paid law enforcement officials in the area says patrolman Kenneth Puffer, president of the department’s Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA). An Oneonta police officer’s salary is about $1,100 below that of an officer from Sidney and about $1,300 below that from Norwich. Starting patrolmen in the Oneonta Police Department receive $14,129.97 June 2003 a year. Patrolmen on the force for five years or more receive a base annual salary of $16,390.44. Patrolmen also Street and Union Street can be covered during the present receive longevity increases the longer they serve. Puffer week. June 1933 also noted that state troopers receive salaries that average $8,000 higher than city patrolmen. June 1983 Oneonta’s Department of Public Works yesterday requested residents on Walnut Street to watch out for an AMI of Oneonta, a support group for families and friends oiling project which starts today. Residents should park of the mentally ill, is taking part in a statewide postcard their cars off the street to facilitate the work in the early morning. DPW crews led by foreman Harold Jacobus have campaign working for passage of the Community Mental been giving Oneonta streets the oiling treatment for the past Health Resources Bill now before the legislature. This bill would require that money saved from the closure of state week. Streets thus oiled have included Spruce from Myrtle psychiatric beds be reinvested in mental health programs to Clinton; upper Woodside Avenue; Lower Bugbee Road; and not be channeled into the state’s general budget fund. East Street from the city line to Hazel; Richmond Avenue; Telford and Thorn Streets; Railroad and Stapleton Avenues, Of those diagnosed as mentally ill, less than 10 percent now live in state hospitals while more than 90 percent live Susquehanna and Frederick Streets, North Fifth and Sixth in communities. Streets and part of Moffet Street. June 1993 June 1953

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Donald G. Wheeler, 86; WWII Vet Was City’s Last Horse,Wagon Milkman ONEONTA – Donald G. Wheeler, 86, who may have been the city’s last milkman to deliver with horse and wagon, passed away Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Albany Medical Center. He was born in Oneonta on March 15 1927, to Ralph A. and Mina Eldred Wheeler . He attended Oneonta High School and joined the Navy at age 17. He served on the USS Chester, one of the first ships to arrive at Iwo Jima, from 1944 to 1946. In 1946, Don met the love of his life, Loreen

Gilmour. They were married in Bloomville Methodist Church on July 26, 1949, and had two children, James and Linda. James was killed during active duty in Vietnam in 1970. Following his discharge, he worked for the Oneonta Dairy Co. as one of the last delivery men to deliver milk with a horse and wagon. He was also was employed by Meridale Jersey Farms delivering throughout the area and later worked at Hartwick College for 23 years, running the duplicating center, switchboard and

Michael Thomas Kane, 55; Waved to Everyone He Saw on the Street OTEGO – Michael Thomas Kane, 55, who was known for his infectious laughter, passed away June 5, 2013, at his home. He was born Dec. 21, 1957, Rochester, the son of Joseph and Jacqueline Kane of Sanford, N.C. Michael loved being in motion. He especially liked parties with music, dancing and food. Physical comedy always made him laugh. He loved being outdoors and enjoyed going to the park to watch the birds. He smiled and waved at everyone that passed by and his laughter was truly infectious. Michael is survived by his parents; brothers, Stephen Kane of Sunrise, Fla., and Kevin Kane of Richmond, Va.; sister, Karen Kane of Edenton, N.C.; many relatives; and his extended family including his housemates, friends at The Arc Otsego’s Oneonta Day Services; devoted caretakers and all others who may have touched and provided kindness to Michael.

A celebration of Michael’s life was held on Wednesday, June 12, at his home in Otego. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Arc Otsego’s Arc Angel Fund, P.O. Box 490, Oneonta, NY 13820. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

mailroom, and retired in 1987. Don enjoyed fishing and boating, and bowled Donald with the Wheeler Elm Park bowling team until the end of 2012. He was well-known for his skills in woodworking and making items from stained glass, crafting furniture for his home and for craft bazaars.

He was the president of the Elm Park Methodist Church Men’s Club, member of the Administrative Board and served as a trustee at the church. Don was a member of the F&M Masons Association for over 60 years. Don was president of the Plains Cemetery for many years and built several homes for Habitat for Humanity. He also worked part-time for Bookhout Funeral Home after his retirement. Don is survived by his wife of 63 years, Loreen;

and his daughter, Linda Natale; two grandsons, James and Kevin Natale; and four great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Christopher, Haley and Khloe. He is also survived by two nieces, Eda (Dennis) Dorosky and Debra (Fabio) DeFrancesantonio; one nephew, Ralph Wheeler; several great-nieces and -nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents; his son, James; brother, Harold; and sister, Evelyn. Funeral services were Wednesday, June 12, in the Elm Park United Methodist

Church with the Rev. Olu Harding, officiating. Burial was in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to either the Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Northeastern NY Chapter, The Meadows, Suite 2, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.

Gloria T. Ryan, 85; Survived By 3 Daughters, 13 Grandchildren ONEONTA – Gloria T. Ryan, 85, who worked with the Otsego County Mental Health Department, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton. She was born June 19, 1927 in St. Albans, the daughter of William H. and Alice G. (Rafter) Blum. She married William J. Ryan on September 24, 1949 and he passed away on March 8,

1990. For 25 years, Gloria worked as an administrative assistant for Otsego County Mental Health. She attended St. Mary’s Church. She is survived by her children, Karyn Sorbera of Williamsport, PA, Christine Ryan of Oneonta, and Patricia Ryan, of Laurens; a niece, Christine (Michael) Matauic of Saylorsburg, PA, and 13 Grandchildren, as well as several other nieces

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MLS#89604 - Restored Cooperstown home features 4 BRs, 3 baths, granite kitchen, master BR suite w/whirlpool tub. Upgraded radiant floor heat, Andersen windows. Mature landscaping, fenced yard, plenty of parking. Back deck, wrap-around porch, carriage house. Cooperstown Schools. $349,750 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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New Listing! MLS#89660 - 3 BR, 2 bath home w/attached 1-car garage and 2-car detached garage. Eat-in kitchen, wood-burning fireplace in LR, pellet stove, family room. Replacement windows, new roof, all systems upgraded. $119,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#89549 - Original 1840 farmhouse in Fly Creek on 5.13 acres is an easy walk to the Fly Creek General Store. Creek goes right through property. Spacious lawn, mature trees, hardwood floors, new furnace, paved drive, and 2-stall garage. Minutes to Cooperstown. $269,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#88555 - Gentleman’s farm w/charm. Renovated 3 BR/3bath home on 20+ acres w/ponds. Pine floors, stone fireplace, maple cabinets, stainless appliances and granite countertops. 1,650 sq ft barn/garage and large Morton building w/2 BR guest/in-law/rental home attached. $493,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell) New Listing! MLS#89554 - 2 BR, 1 bath home w/wood floors, wood-burning fireplace, newer kitchen, roof and windows. Master BR w/electric fireplace. Co-op electricity! Back deck, front porch. 9 miles to Cooperstown. $94,900 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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MLS#88200 - Great business opportunity! The Major League Motor Inn close to Dreams Park, Hall of Fame, Fenimore Art Museum, and Farmers Museum. 9 newly renovated rooms. Fully refurbished w/new roof, carpets, windows and more a few years ago. Owners motivated. $279,000 Call Chris Voulo @ 607-376-1201 (cell)

MLS#81749 - Chalet on almost 70 acres w/creek and ATV trails. Cathedral ceilings, loft BR and family room. Woodstove heats the whole house w/Co-op electricity as backup. Great family home, and ideal for hunters. $199,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#89527 - Move-in ready home on 1¼ acres of treed, beautiful lawn and 63’ frontage on Canadarago Lake. 4 BRs, w/bonus BR over the 2-stall garage. The $9,000 T-shaped dock is one of the best on the lake. You must see this lake home! $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#88772 – Pierstown w/views of Otsego Lake. Contemporary home features 4 BRs, 3½ baths, gourmet kitchen, dual fireplace, 1st floor BR w/private entrance & full bath, master w/office, Jacuzzi tub/shower, fireplace and balcony. Finished basement, 2+ attached garage and 2+ detached garage. Secluded 40+/- acres surrounded by state land. Sun porch, deck, and waterfall. Cooperstown Schools. $699,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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MLS#89063 - Move-in ready, new home in Richfield Springs. 3 BRs, 2 baths, wood fireplace in LR. Lake views and 2-car garage on just over an acre. Call today for your showing. $148,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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CAREGIVER HOME CARE availabe for your loved one. Excellent local references. Flexible hours. Overnights & Weekends. Reasonable rates. Please call (607) 287-4672. 3ClassJune14 YOGA YOGA FIT STYLE CLASSES. Monday nights starting June 16. 5-6 p.m. Neawah Park Pavillion, Oneonta. $10 per person. Call Patti @ (607) 28876327 for more invion. 3ClassJune 28 APARTMENTS FOR RENT APARTMENTS ARTMENTS 2 bedroom, one bath, excellent off st. parking, no smoking, pets considered, Cooperstown schools, 5 minutes to Cooperstown. $730/month including heat. Available April 15. Con-

2 bedroom, one bath, new appliances, Fly Creek, private deck, good off street parking, Cooperstown School, $595 includes heat, snow removal, garbage removal, available immediately. No Smoke, pets possible. Contact Rob Lee 607 434 5177, Benson Agency Real Estate. SEEKING RENTAL Former Cooperstown Resident looking for Cooperstown village summer rental. We have 3 children & 1 well-behaved dog, excellent references. Clay & Janine Wilcox, (914) 318-0016. Call or text. 3ClassJune 14 LAND FOR SALE COOPERSTOWN LAND FOR SALE BY OWNER: 13 beautiful, surveyed, ready to build acres

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Close to all amenities. $1800 per month including all utilities. Tenant is responsible for phone and internet only. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954 House for rent: Newly remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Country setting, great views, 3 acres. Laundry. No smoking. Pet possible. Cooperstown schools. $1,400 a month. Available immediately. Contact Rob at 607 434-5177, Benson Real Estate. House for Rent: 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2000 sq. ft, laundry, walk to everything, hospital, grocery stores, main st. Available now through May 31, ‘13, $1,000/month. plus heat. Contact Rob at 607 434-5177, Benson Real Est. Central Cooperstown Village House for Rent: 5 bedroom, 2.5 bath, laundry, garage, large lawn area, walk to everything. $1600/

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Commercial rental; Near the only stop light in Cooperstown. Plenty of off street parking for clients and employees. Newly renovated. 1/2 bath. 1,400 sq ft. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate for details. 607-5475740. Turn-key Greek/American restaurant at busy State Routes 7/23 location. Seating for 20 and brisk takeout and delivery in place now. Lease will be $1,200 per month with tenant purchase of equipment. Plenty of storage space. Low overhead. Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate. 607-287-1559. MOVING SALEA Moving Sale. Sat. June 15. 16 Flax Island Road, Otego. LR, Den & BR furniture, 5 cu. ft. freezer, misc. goods. Tag sale 9-10 am, remainders auction at 10. 3ClassJune14

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of DB II Holdings, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC uppon whom process againt it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 532 County Highway 58, Oneonta, New York 13820. Pur-

Elizabeth Schula dba The Porch at OGC 2LegalJune13 Legal notice WIGWAM, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/29/2013. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY design Agent of LLC upon whom Process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Trosset Group Attorneys, P.O. Box 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalJuly11

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: JJAYT ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/13/2013 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 361 Bush Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJuly11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: M&M LAWN MOWING & CONTRACTING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1312 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6legalJuly11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 64 PIONEER STREET LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 March 2013. Office location:

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Legal notice Notice of formation of A.R.T. MECHANICAL, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization were filed with the Secreatry of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 03/01/2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 205, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 6LegalJune20 Legal notice Notice of formation of Northern Eagle, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on April 18, 2013. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Northern Eagle, LLC, PO Box 827, oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage

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in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: STOCKING STALLS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1312 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: KANEMEADE FARM LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2334 County Highway 11, Mt Vision, NY 13810. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: KANEMEADE DAIRY LLC. Articles of organization filing date with

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Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2334 County Highway 11, Mt Vision, NY 13810. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: THE GROVE ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2892 State Highway 51, Morris, NY 13808. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Rusk Property Group, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LCC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 371 Raymond Fish Rd, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose: Any lawful activity 6LegalJune13

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