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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, July 1, 2016
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For the first time this year, all Oneonta High School graduates – young women as well as young men – wore blue graduation gowns. Principal Thomas Brindley said, with the state’s Dignity for All Students Act calling for greater sensitivy on transgender issues, the decision was made to provide the same color gowns to everyone. “We wanted to be out in front,” he said.
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City of The Hills Pat Benatar Will Play At Hospice Gala
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at “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” Benatar is performing in Oneonta Friday, July 1, at the Catskill Area Hospice’s annual summer fundraiser. The doors open at 5 p.m. at the Sixth Ward Benatar Booster Club field on Scramling Avenue. Individual tickets are available for $125 at cahpc. org/patbenatar or by calling 432-6773 LINES DRAWN: Democat Zephyr Teachout and Republican John Faso will compete to succeed retiring Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, in the Nov. 8 election after winning their respective primaries in the county and district-wide by large margins. REMEMBER, Oneonta’s “Hometown Fourth of July” begins at noon with a parade down Main Street. For more Independence Day activities, SEE B1
SHE’S THE TOPS: Oneonta teenager Katie Trahan just got word she’s been accepted into the Joffrey School Summer Program in NYC. She is daughter of Lisa and Eric Trahan.
HUSBAND ARRESTED AFTER 16 YEARS
Cold Case Heats Up Elizabeth Welsh Callahan’s brother Patrick Welsh, and sisters Dolores Lawton and Marie Valentine and her husband Steve, answer questions on the case at a Tuesday, June 28, press conference.
Muehl Says, ‘We’ll Get Lizzy Her Day In Court’ Lori Sternfels, Lizzy’s niece. “We used to always follow them in the car. I like to henever Dolores think that she’s sitting up in Lawton sees butthe biggest hot-air balloon terflies, she thinks of them all, watching over of her sister us.” Elizabeth Welsh For 16 years, Callahan. “Lizzy Lizzy’s family has loved butterflies,” been seeking jusshe said. “I have tice in her January a picture of them 2000 death, believin my home that ing her husband, always reminds Casey Callahan, me of her.” now 50, “And hot air Please See Casey Callahan’s balloons,” said ARREST, A3 mug shot Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA By LIBBY CUDMORE
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By JIM KEVLIN Northern Eagle Beverages’ enormous new warehouse space on Browne Avenue. Foothills Performing Arts Center “We have 68,000 square committee has formed to meet feet, and 75 percent of that with Otsego Now President Sandy is refrigerated.” Mathes to explore a “wrap-around” conThat’s not even mention- struction project to create a combination ing the keg room, which is home with the Oneonta Family YMCA. Please See CHILLY, A7 Please See FOOTHILLS, A6 Original artist’s rendering of Foothills
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Congressman Gibson Reports ‘Productive Day In Oneonta’
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he foursome of Frank Liberati, Mitchel Couch, Dallas Gedney and Darryl Lincoln, with a net score of 52, were overall winners of the 17th annual Fox Golf Classic Monday, June 6. Their names will be engraved on the Doc Lusins Cup. Prizes were also awarded for longest drive, straighten drive, closest to the pin and in a putting contest. The event raised $28,000 for the Hospital Foundation.
U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, at right, exchanges views with Citizen Voices leader Tom Armao, Country Club Automotive proprietor, Friday, June 24, during what Gibson termed “a productive day” of meetings in Oneonta. At the table, from left, are former DEC commissioner Mike Zagata, Rebecca Lloyd and Bob Harlem of Oneonta Block, NBT Bank Vice President Jamie Reynolds, Otsego Now COO Elizabeth Horvath (partly hidden), Armao, Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes and Gibson. The congressman also met with Mayor Gary Herzig and, separately, Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich on initiatives Gibson aims to help succeed before he leaves office at the end of the year.
4H MENTOR: Melinda McTaggart of Schenevus has joined the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Cobleskill Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA office, working with 4H youth in Schoharie County. Dallas Gedney, Chip Scheiner, Casandra Decker and other members of the She has 20 years of teachMain Street Baptist Church built a playground for the children of Lantern Hill as part of their first Community Outreach Project Friday-Saturday, June ing experience, from pre-K 24-25. In all, 34 volunteers from the church helped paint fire hydrants, to the Oneonta Job Corps, a built retaining walls and other projects throughout Oneonta. “I see this as a bachelor’s from West Virgin- ON DEAN’S LIST: Theresa DiMartin of Oneonta is on the Dean’s List at SUNY Canton for the spring semester. A safe place where all the kids can gather,” said Decker. “We can host comia University and master’s 2012 OHS graduate, she is a criminal investigation major. munity barbeques here and be the family Christ wants us to be.” from SUNY Oneonta.
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Husband Charged In Wife’s 2000 Death Attorney John D. Muehl ARREST/From A1 was responsible for deliber- told a press conference the following day. “But we’ll ately running her over with get Lizzy her his 18-wheeler day in court, and in the parking lot her family gets of a gas station to see something off Route 17 in done.” Sayre, Pa. On Jan. 19, “She made 2000, Lizzy was statements like killed in what ‘If anything Bradford Counhappens to ty, Pa., police me…’,” said her initially ruled brother-in-law, as an accident. Gary Wickham. The family’s last photo of Lizzy According to “Family memstatements given bers begged her Callahan. at the time, the to leave (him).” two stopped at the Dandy And Monday, June 27, Lizzy’s husband, already an Mini Mart at Route 17’s Attica inmate, was arraigned Exit 59A at Wilawana, west in the Otsego County Court- of Binghamton, and Lizzy house on charges of second- got out of the cab. Callahan then backed over her on purdegree murder in his wife’s pose while she tied her shoe, death. the D.A. is now alleging. “You very rarely get an “Her body was so manopportunity to present a cold gled, the coroner wouldn’t case,” said county District
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STAGECOACH ART FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open studios and galleries. Also Sun. Treadwell. Info, http://www.stagecoachrun. com/about-treadwell GARDEN TOUR – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Explore five private gardens in Andes, East Meredith, Jefferson, and Roscoe, open to the public for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. No reservations required; rain or shine. Sponsor - The Garden Conservancy. $7 per garden, children 12 and under free. Start at Bonnes Garden, 265 Bussey Hol-
low Rd., Andes. Info, additional locations, www.opendaysprogram. org, 1-888-842-2442. HISTORY HUNT – 1 p.m. start at Oneonta Farmers’ Market (rain start at GOHS History Center). Track Oneonta history with only a photo as your guide. Pick up clue packet, end at Damaschke Field by 3 p.m. Register, info, (607) 432-4500 or stop in at Otsego Co. Chamber, 189 Main St., Suite 201, Oneonta. APPRECIATION CONCERT – 3-4 p.m. Glimmerglass Festival Springfield Appreciation Concert, in thanks for Springfield’s continuous support of the Festival. Tickets $5 at Country Memories, 7683 St. Hwy. 80, Springfield Center, Ernie Adams, (315) 8582691. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. OPENING RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. “Textures,” seven artists present age-old materials in a new way. Unorthodox installation allows viewers to actively engage and explore vibrant artwork from new angles.. Through July 24. The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 main St., Cherry Valley. Info, (607) 264-9530, info@cherrybranchgallery.com
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EDITORIAL
With Northern Eagle Opening, Promising Future More Concrete Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz observed the other day that, between 22-room hotel proposed for Railroad Avenue and CVS’ plans for a new pharmacy at the southern gateway, $5 million in new investment in the village is suddenly a possibility. “Any time people want to put money into the village on a business level, that’s good,” he said. You often hear it said around Otsego County that, when a recession hits nationally, we don’t feel it for two years. When the recession ends nationwide, it also takes a couple of years to arrive in Upstate New York. Given the scope of the Great Recession of 2008, the comeback may have taken a little longer, but all of a sudden there’s a lot of economic action in these parts. • That was emphasized at the monthly meeting June 22 of Otsego Now, always content rich, but, it seemed, even moreso. A central topic was which CFAs to submit this time around. (CFAs are “comprehensive funding applications,” the main way the Cuomo Administration distributes more than a half-billion in economicdevelopment funding Upstate annually). This month’s eye-opening idea was construction to “wrap-around” the Foothills Performing Arts Cen-
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Cooperstown’s Ian Porto, Cooperstown Brewing Co. manager, gives a tour of the Northern Eagle Beverage warehouse to Tim Johnson, Paul Patterson, David Flynn and Eric Johnson, all of Oneonta.
ter, allowing it to accommodate the Oneonta Family Y as well in an arts-recreation center. Coming out of an eight-year economic slump, both organizations – and many others countywide – are looking to collaborate, “collaboration” being the “open sesame” to the CFA tap. So the executive directors of each – Foothills’ Bill Youngs and the Y’s Frank Russo – were intrigued or better about the possibilities; both used the word “exciting.” (Russo said he first heard
the idea mentioned by county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, a year ago. Join the idea with the IDA’s new energy, and presto! Perhaps, anyhow.) The Foothills-Y CFA is one of four Otsego Now may seek to jumpstart the “food hub” – gateway to “The Finger Lakes of Beer” – along the city’s Market Street. Another would build the actual “hub” in the old Oneonta Ford building. Another would build shops, apartments and a “transit
center/tourist center” around and above the existing parking deck. (A private company, KCG Development of Indianapolis, has expressed interesting in getting involved, a huge development.) Yet another CFA would go toward a boutique hotel between Foothills and Stella Luna, which would be reimagined on a beerpub theme. Here’s the beauty of the Foothills-Y piece: It would provide a fitness center and convention component; that collaboration would make the boutique hotel’s financing just that much more attractive. • This is the kind of smart thinking that has allowed Otsego Now to move forward projects with many moving parts. The entity’s CEO, Sandy Mathes, reported to his directors that, as is typical as transitions loom, the Obama Administration is eager to push as much money out the door for programs it supports by year’s end. That’s good news for reviving the D&H railyards, where $18 million in federal money is being sought to connect the 88 acres (and more) with I-88, so big trucks won’t have to ply city streets. U.S. Sens. Schumer and Gilli-
A Fond Farewell
MELANNE MILLISOR MADDALENE VIEW FROM THE U.K.
Homage To Peter Livshin
With Brexit, Future Scary For Business Editor’s Note: Melanne Maddalene is a daughter of Jim Millisor and sister of Tara Barnwell, both of Cooperstown. Based in London, she is proprietor of an international health services company.
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hat a terrible and terrifying day. I don’t know if I want to be “English” right now. I certainly don’t feel I belong any more with this selfish xenophobic crowd. Melanne Maddalene gathered up a selection of enticing It is so appalling. Half the country is in EU foodstuffs, upper left, at her London home. And a can of baked beans, lower left – that’s where the isoshock. We lose a prime lated British economy is headed, she believes. minister and European stability. Terrifying. during the interim. It may working classes. And I can And half of them don’t real- trigger similar situations in see no leaders remotely ize what they have done. various European countries. capable of dealing with the Two years before the UK It’s such a massive rejeccivil upheaval and unrest leaves the EU and there tion of the establishment this could lead to. will be a lot of uncertainty by the uneducated and the I see massive shifts ahead.
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brand’s key staffers were very enthusiastic when Mathes and Aaron MacLeod, director of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage, flew down to D.C. the other day to brief them. Fingers crossed. • That all this is not just smoke-blowing was made eminently clear Saturday, June 25, when more than 500 people fled temperatures near 90 outside to tour Northern Eagle Beverages’ new 62,000-square-foot warehouse next to the former Soccer Hall of Fame. It’s happening. Cooperstown Brewing Co.’s new brewery will rise there in 2018, and both initiatives are associated with Hager Hops’ largesthop-yard-in-the-state in Pierstown. (Paterfamilias Lou Hager Sr. and his children are the glue holding all this together.) Yes, a new economy built around tourism, good beer, healthy foods and light manufacturing is starting to happen. With cynicism and skepticism hunched like vultures on yon branch, it’s ever more important to energetically stay the course. Only results will drive those threatening birds away. We’re on an arc that bends toward prosperity. Yes, let’s stay the course.
Editor’s Note: Susan Ward, president of Milford Central School Board of Education, interviewed Superintendent of Schools Peter N. Livshin, who is retiring after 19 years, and reported these revelations in the program for the Class of 2016’s graduation on Friday, June 24, to the enjoyment of all attendees.
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AVORITE SAYING: “He who enters covered here, buys the house a round of cheer.” (Posted on the wall of every overseas Military bar through the Military Clubs System – a warning to take your hat off or Pay Up!) FAVORITE SONG: “Here Comes the Sun” – The Beatles FAVORITE FOOD: Mexican, “I really like a good enchilada!” MISS MOST: “THE PEOPLE!” – The Staff &
FAVORITE BOOK FICTION: “Trinity” by Leon Uris BOOK Non-FICTION: “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin FAVORITE QUOTE: “Judge not lest ye be judged.” – Matthew 7:1-3 FAVORITE SPORT: Baseball FAVORITE TEAM: Buffalo Bills FAVORITE FAST FOOD: Wendy’s Burger FAVORITE ALL TIME TV SHOWS: The Fugitive, MASH, All in the Family HOMETOWN ONEONTA and the Monkees SECRET PASSION: Music, ConcertThe cover of Susan Ward’s tribute to the Going & Rodeos (“I Love retiring Milford superin- Rodeos!”) tendent. SECRET CELEBRITY CRUSH: Linda Ronstadt the kids – they’re the ones MOST LIKELY TO BE that make MCS run!” NOTED FOR: “My Calm VOTED: Class Clown… “Noted in high school for Demeanor”… aka “Mr. jokes, pranks and tricks, but Mellow” my experience in the miliFAVORITE COLOR: tary changed all that!” Blue
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The Root Of All Evil? Men! To the Editor: What is the common thread that runs through almost all of the aggression, violence, destruction and death, on the entire planet, throughout all of human history? No idea? No clue? Give up? Human males. Males are responsible for almost all of the aggression, violence, destruction and death throughout all of human history. And it continues to this very day. Not all males are violent, destructive and deadly, but almost all of the human caused violence, destruction and death in the world has been, and still is, being caused by males. What makes males, as a
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gender, as a group, so aggressive, so dangerous, so violent, so destructive, and so deadly? What makes males think that they are entitled to run
the world, or other people’s lives, and that anyone in their way can be possibly injured or killed? Is it because there is no one to hold them accountable? Is it because defending their distorted views of themselves and their place in the world, and the rightness of whatever happens to be in their heads at the time, is more important than not hurting or killing people? All of the wars in the world have been started and fought by males. All of the armed forces on the planet are in place for males to fight males. All of the genocides in the world have been caused and carried out by males. All of the assault rifle massacres have been carried
out by males. The World Trade Center was attacked by males. Death by husband or boyfriend is a leading cause of death for women. Forty million people are currently displaced in the world today due to male violence and armed conflict. Males cannot solve the problem of achieving world peace because males are the problem preventing world peace. They want endless conflict so they can feel somewhat “normal” and justify the hollow shell that contains their damage, their ignorance, their primitive, aggressive, violent tendencies left over from the Stone Age. I am 100 percent in favor Please See DEAN, A6
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
150 Years Ago
The 90th anniversary of American Independence has rolled around, and the day is to be pretty generally celebrated. And this is all right. Never can the American people forget this day, ever memorable in their history as the day that gave to the world a country like ours, an asylum for the oppressed of all nations. Although ruthless rebels have tried to tear down this noble structure, it stands today a beacon light, and its attempted destroyers are conquered and scattered with the mark of treason stamped on their foreheads. How much reason the people of this country have to praise God for his preserving care over us as a nation, in carrying us through a bloody civil war, and permitting us to come forth a strong and powerful Nation and a prosperous people. Not a single star has fallen, but all are preserved, and in time the last trace of the bloody strife will have been erased. Well it may be said, “America, the land of the free and the home of the brave.” July 1866
100 Years Ago
Dedication of Wilber Park – If there had ever been the least question as to the gratitude which Oneontans feel to George I. Wilber for the magnificent gift of a public
125 Years Ago
the appreciation in which the city holds the gift. While many made their way to the park on foot, there were two to three hundred autos parked around the field. A stand had been erected for the exercises that were held. Light for the occasion was furnished by the Oneonta Light & Power Company. July 1916
80 Years Ago
A wholesale arraignment of persons accused of chicken stealing with some general thefts for good measure was held in the Court of Justice of the Peace I.P. Harrington at Richmondville. Since early spring there have been sporadic complaints of missing fowls from the roosts of widely scattered farmers without specific suspicion pointing to the perpetrators. Matters reached such a pass with complaints filtering in from Otsego County points as well July 1891 that state trooper Harry Fritts was assigned park, it was fully set at rest on Tuesday the task of cleaning up the affair and appreafternoon and evening. Despite threatenhending the offenders. ing and unfavorable weather before and July 1936 during the entire program, fully three thousand residents of the City of Oneonta, with a considerable number of friends from The Common Council Tuesday night other places, gathered a little before seven urged the Delaware & Hudson Railroad o’clock on the plateau adjacent to the Pines to take increased safety measures at the for the purpose of witnessing the formal Rose Avenue crossing, site of the April dedication, and testified by their presence to 12th death of Mrs. Conchetta Saglambeni,
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mother of six children. City Clerk Olaf N. Nelson was instructed to reply to a letter from the railroad stating that they were willing to lower the banks on either side of the tracks and install two reflectorized signs. The Council instructed Nelson to make it clear the city desired the installation of flashing red lights. A petition from the East End School community was forwarded by the railroad to the city, asking for automatic gates or some other adequate protections. The railroad responded that its survey showed that only a small percentage of East End School students used the crossing daily. July 1956
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As flood waters recede, area organizations are at work coordinating relief efforts. Representatives from the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army that are jointly running the shelter at the State University College at Oneonta said both agencies are accepting financial donations toward relief efforts. Also, those interested in volunteering to work for relief assistance projects can contact the United Way to find out what opportunities might be available. Theresa Capuano of the United Way of Otsego and Delaware Counties said the agency serves as information central. July 2006
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What’s The Problem? Men! DEAN/From A4 of more women, at every level, of every government, in every country in the world. So what are the responses to be expected from males? Are they going to honestly reflect on and rethink the damage they have collectively done, and are doing around the world every day? Or are they going to pile up the rocks in front of their caves, and start in with their excuses, in their smug, complete, self-righteous ignorance, of how to live peacefully in the world? Someone once said “if was not for the civilizing effect of woman on men, that half of the men in the world would still be living in caves, and the other half would be dead.” Who has ever locked a door, built a bomber, or was afraid to walk down any street, in any country, in the middle of the night, for fear of being attacked by a woman? “Better than a thousand offerings, is one moment’s reverence, for the man who has conquered himself.” Buddha. JAMES R. DEAN Cooperstown
Foothills, Oneonta YMCA May Share Larger Building FOOTHILLS/From A1 “It sounds like a very exciting opportunity for both of us,” said Bill Youngs, Foothills executive director. Other committee members are Kristy Lawson, a Foothills board member and, coincidentally, YMCA operations manager, and Hughson & Benson President John Ryland. At the Y, Executive Director Frank Russo was equally intrigued. “Sustainability is our top priority,” he said, speaking for his board, and the collaborative nature of this project might contribute to that. The www.allotsego.com report on this project came as a surprise, Russo said, but he first heard it raised more than a year ago by county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, ROneonta, in a meeting that also included Montanti. He said Mathes and Mayor Gary Herzig approached him last week, on a day his board just happened to be meeting, and received support from that quarter as well. Mathes reported to his Otsego Now board at its monthly meeting Thursday, June 22, that the “food hub” initiative being pursued had come up with the idea of “new construction that wraps around Foothills” as a home for both institutions. “For their long-term preservation and success, they all know they need to do something different,” Mathes said, adding that he has already begun conversations with “a couple of architects.” After the meeting, he met with Johna Peachin, interim chair of the Foothills board (and former president of the YMCA board), who has succeeded Luisa Montanti, and he reported later that the two had a productive conversation. He is fast-tracking finding an architect to see if plans can be sufficiently firmed up to apply for a CFA grant, the state’s economic development funding vehicle, by this year’s July 29 deadline. The Foothills application is one of four CFAs Otsego Now may be seeking for Oneonta’s Market Street area, which is targeted for development as a “food hub.” The other three CFAs would be for: • One, to redevelop the former Oneonta Ford build-
ing at Chestnut and Market for the “food hub” itself. The idea is that the building would include space for Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverages, a three-barrel brewing apparatus for experimentation, and a 20-barrel one for contract brewing, topped by two stories of housing. Mathes said KCG Development of Indianapolis has expressed interest as a possible private partner in the project. • Two, to redevelop the parking deck, adding two stories of varied housing – from executive apartments to assisted living – above the deck, plus retail around the sides and a transit center, which would also serve as a “tourism gateway.” • Three, for a market study on a boutique hotel on land between Foothills and Stella Luna, which would envision a beer pub redo for the Italian restaurant. It was pointed out that an entertainment and exercise venue – the Foothills/Y combination – would alleviate the necessity and cost of the boutique hotel including such facilities. Together, the CFA grants are intended achieve “physical improvements and a strategy” to achieve a “look and feel to create a unique neighborhood.
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Index No.: 2016-28 Date Filed: 01/14/16 _______________ _______________
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CNB REALTY TRUST, as assignee of NBT BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Nature of this action: foreclosure action involving real property commonly known as 2444 County Highway 8, Otego, New York 13825 seeking a judgment of foreclosure and sale for the amount due and owing to the Plaintiff, CNB Realty Trust, as assignee of NBT Bank, National Association, under the Note and Mortgage with a current principal balance of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven and 88/100 Dollars ($73,997.88) together with interest, late fees and other charges.
Plaintiff, -againstCHRISTIANE HAGEWOOD AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN BAKER JOYCE; OTSEGO RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, INC.; and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, said individuals being fictitious and intended as possible occupants of the premises which are the subject matter of this action, and whose identity is unknown, Defendants. _______________ _______________
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BY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or if the service of the Summons is made by any means other than by personal delivery to you within the State of New York, within thirty (30) days after such service is complete. In case of your failure to appear or Answer thereto, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may Answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Otsego County is designated as the place of trial, the basis of venue in this action is the location of the mortgaged premises.
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Wonderful opportunity for year-round living in a peaceful environment. Lake views from the condominium living areas and master BR. Freshly painted and cleaned. Sliding glass doors lead from LR to large deck w/expansive view. Attached 1-car garage w/loft storage. 24-hour security system. 2 dogs allowed. Condo includes a fantastic beach, boating and picnic area w/large pavilion and boat slips.
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MLS#106373 Middlefield $725,000 This exquisite country Colonial is conveniently close to Cooperstown. Well maintained home features 4 BRs, 3 baths, LR w/cathedral ceiling and stone fireplace, DR, den w/builtin cabinetry and fireplace, eat-in kitchen, laundry, hardwood floors, gracious stairway, 2 decks. Generator, alarm system, updated utilities, 2-car garage, additional detached garage. Lovingly landscaped property borders Red Creek. Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405
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For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5557 Donald DuBois, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5105 Timothy Donahue, Real Estate Associate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Catherine Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502
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LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 14 June 2016. 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 PO Box 957, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. Legal notice Sawyer Ridge Billet Co., LLC. Filed 5/26/16 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: PO Box 179, Hartwick, NY 13348 Purpose: all lawful Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: MTF HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 June 2016. 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 PO Box 111, Laurens, NY 13796. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Com-
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pany. Name: RAILSENSE LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 June 2016. 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 2 Lake St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: WATERHILL FARM LLC. Certificate of Conversion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 7 June 2016. 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 3050 Co Hwy 8, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: M.B. PALMER HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/18/16. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated
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CHILLY/From A1 kept at a chilly 32 degrees. Arts. of Org. “It’s three times the size of filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. our old one,” he said. “When (SSNY) on May we were making the plans, we 11, 2016. Office even added 30 percent more location: Otsego space to those to accommodate County. SSNY our craft beer kegs.” designated as The cold storage was one of agent of LLC the biggest draws on a hot Satupon whom process against urday afternoon, June 25, when it may be served. Allen, his managers and owner SSNY shall mail Lou Hager Jr.’s family, helped process to: The LLC, 15 Stevens cut the ribbon on the new lane, Otego, New Northern Eagle facility; plans are to build a new Cooperstown York 13825. Brewing Co. plant there in Purpose: Any lawful activity. 2018. “Change is never easy,” he Legal notice told a crowd of employees and visitors who gathered to welcome them to their new locaNOTICE OF FORMATION tion. “And moving is never fun. But we all worked together and OF Anita’s Acres, we got it done.” LLC Tours took more than 500 visitors through the chilly Arts. of Org. warehouse, and free Brooks filed with Sec’y BBQ, plenty of beer and music of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on May by the Roundhouse Rockers made the sunny afternoon a 2, 2016. Office location: Otsego festive one. County. SSNY “We’ve always said that designated as making friends is our busiagent of LLC ness,” said Allen in his reupon whom marks. “Thanks to everyone process against it may be served. for being here.” “We’ve always had an SSNY shall mail incredible team,” said Hager, process to: The LLC, 155 Hoose who developed Northern Road, Oneonta, Eagle from Lamonica BeverNew York 13820. age, which he bought in 1986. Purpose: Any “These days, we have better lawful activity. trucks and a better facility, but it’s our team that will carry us Legal notice into the future.” Allen has been a part of that WOODS team since nearly the beginMAPLE, LLC ning, starting as a part-time junior salesman. “I still have Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of the ad on my fridge,” he said.
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Proprietor Lou Hager Jr. applauds everyone who made the new warehouse possible. With him is Northern Eagle President George Allen. “All that was required was a reliable car.” The project’s groundbreaking was in June 2014. “This project was 100 percent local,” he said. “I heard Arnie Drogan say that he never got a chance to bid on big projects and I knew I wanted to keep this local, not send it out to companies in Ohio. Money earned locally has a better chance of staying here in our community.” Even the majority of the beers they distribute across Otsego, Chenango and Delaware counties are local. “Seventy percent of our craft beers are from New York State,” he said. “And we just started carrying Finger Lakes wine.” New to the company is a drive-thru for keg pickup. “We actually have a license to sell beer directly to customers,” he said. “They can just drive on through, and we’ll load up the keg for them.” To manage the new space, he hired eight more people.
State (SSNY) 5/5/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 467 Lockwood Hill Rd., Mount Upton, NY 13809, which is also the principal buisness location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Historic Cooperstown Motel Across from Stewart’s in the village of Cooperstown
Baseball Memorabilia – Collectibles – Entire Contents of Buildings and More! Highlights include: 20 signed photos of Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Pete Rose, Phil Rizzuto, Lou Gosset, Joe DiMaggio; Carl Yastrzemski; Julia Ruth Stevens and others. First-day stamps, signed balls, prints, plus much more. 3 antique snowmobiles, 2 truck campers, huge 24’ by nearly 300’ cellar chock full of all kinds of tools, furniture, hotel supplies and much more sold in large lots. Mr. O’Brien was a real hoarder! Contents of all 40 motel rooms/offices: refrigerators, ACs, appliances, commercial washing machines and dryers, stainless steel sinks, linens, office equipment, antique candy machine, collectibles, ammunition, plus contents of 2 houses and garages all moved to motel property for convenience. A little bit of everything. All will be sold the building is going to be torn down! Property has been sold.
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MLS#105571 $179,000 Beautiful House with 38 acres and the price is amazing! 3 BRs, 1 bath. Close to Oneonta. Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#101449 $549,500 171+ gorgeous private, wooded and open Catskill Mountain acres! Versatile property is great for yearround living or as an upstate country retreat. Call Stephen Colwell @ 607-435-6542 (cell)
MLS#105878 Beautiful Log Home 3 BRs, 2½ baths, radiant heat, cathedral ceiling, fireplace, granite counters. Must sell! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#105768 $169,500 Only 3 families have owned this center-city home reminiscent of days gone by. Cherry built-ins, trim and all hardwood floors. Comfortable rooms. Call Stephen Colwell @ 607-435-6542 (cell)
MLS#104986 $174,000 Must Sell Now! 5-BR, 2-bath Victorian on 1.26 acres. Many new updates. Bring offer. Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#103962 $49,000 Morris – Many renovations done: new floors ,sheet rock, deck. Most windows replaced. Excellent kitchen cabinets.This home will need finishing. Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#106332 $129,900 Charming Center-City Home Unique details and Spacious 4Open-beam BR, 2 bath house is close I-88. Large built-ins. ceilings in DR,tocustom-built backyard, workshop/garage, shed. Make cherry kitchen. Near colleges,small downtown, cityyour parks. appointment today. @ Priced to go this week! Call Tom Tillapaugh 607-434-9392 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#104514 $115,000 Selling Below Assessed Value! Almost 60 acres in Delaware County w/views! Stunning building lot! Surveyed and soils testing complete. Call Lynn Butler @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#105676 Stellar Contemporary Custom-Built Home 22.14 acres, 3 ponds. Built w/all top-of-the-line products. Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) Virtual tour: https://vimeo.com/171936715
MLS#105934 $129,900 Enjoy the rambling brook from your private deck! 3 BRs, basement is ready to finish. Huge 2,000 sq ft Cooperstown Village home. Sellergardens, pays closing costs (up garage w/workshop. Perennial apple trees. to w/acceptable offer). Call$3,000 Tom Tillapaugh @ 607-434-9392 (cell)
MLS#104434 $199,900 Streamside Home 2 ponds, post-and-beam dairy barn converted into unique home! Original details. Call Lynn Butler @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.VagliardoTeam.com
MLS#104815 $175,000 Comfort in the Country Newer roof, zoned heat, firplace or woodstove, and $80K+ renovations. Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) Virtual tour: https://vimeo.com/171936716
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MLS#105926 $115,000 Awesome Price Nicest parcel of land in Otsego County. 53.8 acres loaded w/mature pines and hardwoods. Good road frontage, logging and trails. Call Leonard Finkelstein @ 607-201-6805 (cell)
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MLS#101727 $53,000 Furnished hunting camp on 5+ acres w/trails. Comes w/lawnmower and quad, sleeps 6. Wet spring brings wildlife, or renew the pond. Near State land. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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MLS#103554 $199,900 Unheard of Privacy − Oneonta Schools! European-style chalet home has 2 - 4 BRs, 2 baths, 18 private acres, mature woodland, hidden fields. Call Matthew Schuler @ 607-437-5533 (cell)
MLS#105851 $80,000 16 Wooded Acres with Lake Rights! Roxbury School District. Private setting in subdivision where the electric is already there and the perc test is done. Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)
MLS#102325 $249,000 Stunning 2,400 sq ft home w/incredible open layout, amazing privacy on 10+ acres bordered by 400+ acres of NYC Watershed land. 3 BRs, 2 baths. Call Matthew Schuler @ 607-437-5533 (cell)
MLS#105852 $80,000 16 Acres Lakefront Property in Gilboa! Roxbury School District. Private setting in subdivision where the electric is already there and the perc test is done. Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)
MLS#99096 $279,000 Catskill Farm Sacrifice! 1900 farmhouse on 132.5 acres is 3 hours from NYC/NJ. New windows, roof. Call Leonard Finkelstein @ 607-201-6805 (cell) Virtual tour: www.BuyNyFarm.com
MLS#106321 $35,000 Spectacular Sought-After 13.41 Acres of wooded bliss on a private dead-end road. Great for home and hunting. Abundant wildlife! Electric available. Call Leonard Finkelstein@ 607-201-6805 (cell)
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MLS#105573 $142,500 Centrally Located between Delhi and Oneonta, this solid, stick-built, 3-BR, 2-bath house features wildlife and spectacular views on nearly an acre. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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HGTV Makeover! Completely renovated home sits on just under 1/2 acre in city of Oneonta. New windows, roof, 200-amp electric, kitchen w/SS appliances, granite countertop, porcelain floor. Renovated bath w/double vanity. Beautifully refinished hardwood floors in LR and BRs. First-floor BR has sliding glass doors to private patio. Upstairs huge BR, office space and storage. 1-car attached garage, deck. New sheetrock, doors, fixtures, bluestone entry. MLS#106456 $149,900
99 Main Street, Oneonta office 607.441.7312 fax 607.432.7580 www.oneontarealty.com
Location Is Key! This is a great spot on the busy Rt 23/Southside corridor for your business venture. Currently a thriving automotive repair shop and used car dealership, the 20-year-old building is 2,400 sq ft including waiting area, office area and large garage area w/restroom and 2 overhead doors. The price includes the building and all of the equipment to get you running your own automotive business in style. There are three 10,000-lb lifts, new tire machine, MIG welder, floor jacks, diagnostic computer and much, much more. Contact agent for a complete list of equipment. Call today to schedule a showing! MLS#106002 $360,000
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(8155) Beautiful, well maintained 3-BR, 2-bath home near schools. Center entry, main-level master suite, modern kitchen w/SS appliances, hardwood floors, formal DR, hobby room/extra BR, in-ground pool w/privacy fence, patio. Large 2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$265,000
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ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Ease into your weekend 5-8 p.m. Friday July 1, with a classic ice cream social (and great picnic food, too!) at First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown. A 70-year tradition! (Church and Pioneer streets.) HISTORY HUNT: Stroll through Oneonta History with a single photo as your guide. Start 1 p.m., Saturday July 2, at Oneonta Farmers’ Market (rain start at Oneonta History Center), pick up your clue packet, end at Damaschke Field by 3 p.m. Info, registration, (607) 432-4500. CELEBRATE MUSIC: Glimmerglass Festival hosts a Town of Springfield Appreciation Concert, 3-4 p.m., Saturday July 2. Tickets $5. Alice Busch Opera Theater, 7300 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (315) 858-2691. FIREWORKS x2: Cooperstown fireworks at dusk, Lakefront Park. Saturday, July 2. Also at dusk over Canadarago Lake. BOATS ON PARADE: Otsego Lake Associations’s third annual “We Love Our Lake” parade of decorated boats begins 3 p.m., Sunday, July 3. Boats promenade along west shore to Lakefront Park. MUSTER 4th: At The Farmers’ Museum, experience Independence Day with a militia muster and a 1 p.m. July 4 reading of the Declaration of Independence. Active-duty military and up to five family members admitted free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. farmersmuseum.org. POTLUCK CONCERT: Catskill Conservatory’s free “Quiet Concert for the Fourth” 4 p.m. Mon. July 4, followed by its famous potluck supper. Maestro Chuck Schneider on piano! Windfall Dutch Barn, Salt Springville. Info, www. windfalldutchbarn.org.
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Sarah Brackett, center, a recipient of the Parisian Scholarship, smiles as her name is called for recognition. Next to her are Cheyenne Adamo, left, and Amy Shultis, right.
Aliaya Williams, OHS’ first African American class president, speaks on the diversity of her class, referencing actors, athletes and scholars. “This is only the beginning! We will go even bigger!”
Rory Decker, who received the city’s Trailblazer award earlier this year, stands and is honored for her accomplishments.
Class co-Vice Presidents Autumn Aitchinson and Patrick Calhoun present the class gift; a bird bath in memory of the late Denny Carr.
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Bhanupratap Gaur was all smiles as he walked out of the Belden Auditorium, diploma in hand, after Oneonta High School graduated its Class of 2016 Saturday, June 25.
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B-4 HOMETOWN ONEONTA Big smarts and bigger smiles, right photo, Zoe Akers, Michelle Kimball and Kaylee Packard show off their brand-new diplomas. Below, friends and family Gillam Packard, Holly Keown, Maria Mancini, Michaela Mancini and Jamie Keown pose for a Kodak moment.
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Kim Kamina, Victoria Ramos and Drue Quackenbush light up the dance floor with their best “Cupid Shuffle” at the OHS Senior Prom at the Holiday Inn/Southside.
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Dylan Farrell and Class of 2016 President Aliaya Williams boogie down. Sarah Hunter was a vision in red alongside her date, Brad Woessner.
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OHS seniors Joe Casassa and Leo Frascatore cut loose on the dance floor at the Oneonta High School Class of 2016’s Senior Prom Thursday, 23, at the Holiday Inn/Southside.
Taylor Hitchcock dances with David Wessells to “Halo” by Beyoncé.
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Tanner Jennings sings Justin Beiber’s “Love Yourself” alongside D.J. Wooden and his son Bryce, who DJ-ed the event.
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Ruth Donna Currie, 69; 40-Year Nurse At Fox ONEONTA – Ruth Donna Currie, 69, passed away June 24, 2016, at Fox Hospital, where she had worked as a nurse for 40 years. She succumbed after a long battle with cancer. Donna was born April 6, 1947, in Oneonta, the daughter of Harry and Ruth (Daily) Palmer. She was one of six, having four brothers and one sister. Donna was an LPN, in total, for 47 years, mostly at Fox but also at the Stamford Health Clinic and Southeastern Otsego Health Clinic in Worcester, where she retired three years ago. She attended the Southside Wesleyan Church where she enjoyed participating in the craft club. Donna most especially enjoyed Sunday morning coffee with her Fox nursing friends. She dearly
loved her cats, Durwood and Tiffany, and watching the hummingbirds from her window. Donna is Donna Curry survived by her husband, Walter F. Currie of Oneonta; her son, Shawn and Robin McLean of Mooers; grandchildren Amanda Horth and Jason Durgan, Nathan McLean and Kelby Moore, and Collette McLean; great-grandchildren Caleb Durgan, Aubrey McLeanOuimette, Stella McLean, and Kaitlyn Durgan; family members, Gary (Cathy) McLean, Sue (John) Parker, Dennis (Mary) McLean, Scott (Laura) McLean and Michelle (Michael) Melia;
several nieces and nephews. Many special friends were there for her when she needed them most: Steve and Irene Johnson, Harry and Analee Johnson, Susan Hitchcock, Barbara Dolan, Mary Tuthill, Dottie Zeh, Donna Duggleby and Wendy Decker. She was predeceased by her first husband, Paul Allen McLean. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Southside Wesleyan Church, 5300 State Highway 23, Oneonta, with the Rev. Eric Santamont, officiating. Interment will be at the Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta. Donations may be sent to, Catskill Area Hospice,
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ONEONTA – Robert H. Hyzer, 83, of Franklin and Oneonta, who retired from Bendix after 29 years, passed away peacefully at home on June 26, 2016. Bob was born March 27, 1933 in Albany, to Harold E. and Hazel A. Hyzer. He is survived by three children, their spouses and children: Daughter, Kathleen and Fred Feiler; son,
1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. Arrangements are entrusted to the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
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Goal: Burritos, 4 Duplexes In Former Newberry’s PROJECT/From B1 dy and Troy. Hewitt, his brother Jim and nephew Charlie pooled their life savings for the Oneonta project. “Jim will be the general manager; he’s opened all the Taco Bell franchises in Long Island and Rochester, and Charlie is going to school for culinary arts and hospitality,” he said. “We want this to be a family thing, something we can pass down through the generations.” The restaurant will have a takeout counter and an open kitchen, with the bar off to the front right of the building and a banquet room in the back. “We want to be able to open up the front for some patio seating,” he said. “We thought about having garage doors that would open up in the summer, but they don’t match with the historic feel of the building.” And though the original restaurant featured vintage pinup-style drawings of ladies reminiscent of the WWII bomber nose art, Hewitt noted that the franchise decor has been heading in a more family-friendly direction. “I have kids, I want a place where I’m comfortable taking them to get something to eat,” he said. “My dad, George E. Hewitt, flew bombers in WWII and Korea, so I’m thinking we’ll do some decor to reflect that.” They purchased the building for $250,000 and are currently seeking a $375,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state to help purchase equipment and help build the restaurant. “This will benefit downtown,” said outgoing Com-
munity Development Director Bill Kerbin, who helped put together the application. “They’re developing an under-utilizing building, reducing blight and bringing something that visitors and tourists will frequent.” One of the stipulations of the grant is that Hewitt has to create at least 25 full-time equivalent jobs to be offered to low-to-moderate income individuals. But Hewitt went above and beyond. “We’ll have 31 fulltime equivalent positions,” he said. And he isn’t stopping there. “When I was a kid, I wanted to be an architect,” he said. “I did my masters in urban planning at SUNY Albany. When I came in, I was taken by the ceilings in here, and then I saw the upstairs.” The former Newberry’s Department store – and before that, a boarding house for D&H workers – will become four two-story, market-rate apartments. “They’ll be nice apartments,” he said. “We want to preserve all of the original woodwork, those art-deco fireplaces. We’re saving every little thing we can.” The entire project will cost $2.6 million, with plans to open the restaurant in January and the apartments in the summer. “I’m extremely excited,” he said. “Everyone we’ve talked to is so gung-ho about this. We’re bringing jobs and another cool thing downtown.” “This seems like just the kind of place we want downtown,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. “I feel good that we have someone who has expressed intent to convert that building into apartments. It’s a good project, and I see no downside.”
Learn To Shoot Skeet In Comfort SKEET/From B1 teach how to shoot skeet more accurately, thus making sport more accessible. “The idea came to me about four years ago while practicing at the Cooperstown Sportsmen’s Association skeet field,” Northrup said. “Nobody could tell you how far in front of the clay pigeon to aim the gun. I said to myself, ‘There has got to be a better way to teach this.’” Northrup, whose father Lynn Northrup was himself an inventor, said the skeet simulator provides realistic shooting practice without countless hours spent at the range and all accompanying fees, sore shoulders, blasted eardrums and lead debris. The inventor saw his skeet-shooting skills improve “from the very outset. I tested the first version three years ago, and for the first time, I saw exactly how far in front I should be shooting – and I started breaking clays.” Skeet shooting has been an Olympic sport since 1968 and can also be found among many colleges’ varsity sports. In realizing his plan, Northrup teamed up with his son Robert and famous shooting coach Pete Blakely to
form a company called Lead Tech. A lead is also a shooting term that refers to the method of firing ahead of a clay-pigeon’s projectory to ensure a hit. The crucial component of Northrup’s video game simulator is the Phantom Clay, an indicator of where in front of the real clay to aim and fire. Lead Tech has been granted two patents for this technology, and a third is still pending. He pointed out many NASCAR drivers got their start playing driving video games, and pilots train using virtual reality flight simulators. “The game is all to scale,” Northrup said, “so I can translate this into reality.” Currently, the user wears the VR headset and fires using a generic game controller. The next phase of the game’s development will be the addition of a controller in the shape of a shotgun to better simulate the experience. The game is not yet on sale, but will be available by next month. “We are assuming that this will facilitate greater interest and expertise in skeet shooting. I think it could be great for the sport,” Northrup said.
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