Tfj 02 20 15 full

Paid Parking Storm Brewing

T L

TwenTy under forTy Chad Angellotti

A

Staff Social Worker • Otsego County Mental Health, Oneonta

ven at Unatego High School, Chad showed compassion and dedication to others, rallying classmates to serve at Saturday’s Bread and organizing fundraisers for Dollars for Scholars. While working on both his master’s degrees, he collected winter clothing for the needy, cooked and served Christmas breakfast at the homeless shelter and organized social fundraisers to benefit the shelter. He has also served as a youth soccer coach in Unatego and in Oneonta, and was a founding member of the Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth.

He is continuing his education with a certification in Financial Social Work to help low-income families manage debt. He also gives Motivational Interviewing training for OFO’s Domestic Violence Program volunteers and facilitated a mindfulness skills awareness group for Hartwick College nursing students.

Newsstand Price $1

RIBUTE

I

NYCM Manager • Oneonta Civic Leader

ince moving to Oneonta just a few years ago, Dan has immersed himself in his work life and his community life. As a New York Central Mutual litigation manager, he developed and implemented a division-wide program to ensure performance tracking, as well as created and delivered a six-week course on negotiations.

Dan is also a member of the Town of Oneonta Planning Board, the Otsego County Democratic Committee, where he serves as chair of the Platform Committee, and the Oneonta City School Board. He plays clarinet for the Hartwick College Faculty Wind Quintet, the Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble and the Oneonta Community Concert Band, and serves on the Oneonta Concert Association board of directors.

He and wife Ana are raising three daughters.

Brent Baysinger

Proprietor • Canoe and Kayak Rentals & Sales, Portlandville

n the spirit of leading by example, Brent “The Kayak Guy” Baysinger has completed the General Clinton Regatta three times.

But more than just a local business person, he is an active environmentalist, supporting the Otsego Land Trust, and the Goodyear Lake Association, including helping to pull water chestnuts from the Susquehanna waterways.

His shop was a “pit stop” for the Susquehanna Sojourn and often donates gift certificates to local fundraisers.

He is also committed to his customers and community, known for helping people overcome their fear of the water and teaching them to enjoy paddling. He has participated in the “Wear it On the Water” (WOW) Paddle Fest to encourage using life jackets. He currently serves on the Milford Town Board, and on the town’s Green Committee.

Daniel Buttermann

S

E WIL

40 20

For 207 Years

WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, February 19, 2015

MORE TRIBUTES ON PAGES A2, B1, B2, B3

E

DG

Volume 207, No. 7

NEW

1808 BY

VISIT THE

OUNDED

IA

•F

JU

R

IN

Cooperstown’s Newspaper

O M C O PE

EXPANSION WORRIES CHURCHES, MERCHANTS/A3

Dan Crowell

O

Otsego County Treasurer

tsego County Treasurer and a Captain and Company Commander in the Army Reserve, Dan possesses unmatched dedication, perseverance and resolve, the judges found. An Otsego County native, he attended Gettysburg College, graduating magna cum laude.

As a Fulbright Scholar, he authored a book on rural economic development, and received an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. Post-September 11, 2001, he worked for the U.S. national security apparatus in South Asia, helping to track and counter Taliban elements. After that, he worked as a venture capitalist at the World Bank, before returning to Otsego County.

He was elected County Treasurer in 2009 as a Democrat; he won reelection in 2013 by a wide margin with bipartisan support.

He and wife Dee have three children, Paul, Aliza and Maddie.

Picking ‘20 Under 40’ From 61 Nominees Was Challenge Judges Reflect On Qualifications, Energy Reflected In Applications

By LIBBY CUDMORE

I

t wasn’t hard for the judges to find eligible candidates for “20 Under 40” recognition – it

was hard to only select a few.

“When I was asked to be a judge, I thought it would be easy,”

said Val Paige, Cooperstown, Clark Sports Center director. “But when I saw the quality and the

number of applicants, I knew it was going to be anything but!”

The 20 were named on Tues-

day, Feb. 10, after a panel of six judges reviewed 61 nominations.

“It’s so impressive the number of really qualified individuals we have here in Otsego County,” said Please See JUDGES, A2

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION

...where the neighborhood shops.

wn rsto Coope

&

THINK LOCAL FIRST

of Co mm erce

Congratulations to the individuals selected to be in the first class of 20 Under 40! What an honor!

rs Ot be seg o County Cham

It’s an even BIGGER honor to have you living, working and growing within our community.

A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

40 20

TwenTy under forTy

Jessica Guenther

O

Internet & Marketing Specialist, Community Volunteer

rganized, enthusiastic and concerned for her community, Jessica is active both in her career at Five Star Subaru and in a variety of area organizations.

She is on the boards of Ten Fold Plus, the women’s support group, the Family Services Association and First Night Oneonta. She volunteers with OFO and the American Cancer Society.

In addition to her career with Five Star Subaru, she is an adjunct professor in developmental psychology at Hartwick College and runs Blue Water Studio, specializing in wedding and family photography and videography.

T

RIBUTE

N

Stacie Haynes

CROP Program Manager, ONC BOCES

oted for her “incredible positive energy,” Stacie helped implement CROP (the Creating Rural Opportunities Program) at ONC BOCES, operating after-school programs in 10 school districts.

Previously with BOCES, she organized such programs as Odyssey of the Mind, the regional spelling bee and the Scholar Recognition Banquet.

She coaches youth soccer and basketball, and She was a founder of the annual Cider Run 5K at the Fly Creek Cider Mill, benefitting the Alzheimers Association, has won the Arc’s Father Willis Good Neighbor Award, and has been on the United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties board.

Danielle Henrici

I

A

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19-20, 2015

Dana Leonard

NYSHA Director of Education

Co-Owners, Origins Café, Cooperstown hether “biking for beer” to raise awareness of fracking’s damage to local water or shopping at the Cooperstown Farmer’s Market for local ingredients, Dana, along with her sister, Kristin are the kind of people who make this a place where other smart, engaged and energetic young people want to stay.

A cyclist, runner and long-distance swimmer, she encourages others to participate in these activities, and is active in environmental causes, donating food and space for events to draw attention to anti-fracking and protecting lakes, green spaces and forests.

W

n directing theater productions, organizing concerts and creating interactive dramatic programming for The Farmers’ and The Fenimore Art museums, Danielle has “transformed the cultural life of Otsego County,” according to one nomination, while serving as a community and tourism advocate.

Formerly Smithy Center for the Arts executive director, she arranged numerous exhibits, workshops and concerts. Founding the Glimmerglobe Theatre, she rejuvenated live theater locally, producing sold out runs of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” in 2013 and 2014.

She is a Cooperstown Rotarian and Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce vice president, due to assume the presidency in April.

First, Commitment To Career, Then Community Services Considered By Judges JUDGES/From A1 Martin Tillapaugh, Cooperstown, a lawyer and the owner of Tillapaugh Funeral Service. “It was difficult to just select 20.”

The judges went around the room and made a “hot list” of their top candidates. “It was a

very smooth process,” said Chris Kuhn, Oneonta Job Corps director. “We agreed on so many.”

“For the most part, we were overwhelmingly on the same page,” said Ben Guenther, Five Star Subaru. “We discussed what was important, and we all had the

same feelings.”

The first step was looking at the prowess of the nominees in their career field. “I wanted to see someone who was contributing a vast amount of energy to their employment,” said Luisa Montanti, Oneonta, manager of the South-

side Mall and Foothills Performing Arts Center board president.

“I wanted to see someone who was successful, someone who was a leader.”

“Whether they were working for themselves or for someone else, we were looking for job

success,” said Paige. “But what tipped the scales was seeing what each candidate believed in.”

The 20 selected all demonstrated considerable community service in their applications. “We wanted people who, in their spare Please See JUDGES, B3

congrats!

20 Under 40 celebrates 20 Young Professionals in Otsego County who are making an impact where they work, live, play and grow.

Five Star Subaru salutes this inaugural class of young professionals. www.wedosubaru.com

SECOND FRONT PAGE VISIT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM, OTSEGO COUNTY’S DAILY E-PAPER Volume 207, No. 7

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

A3

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, February 19, 2015

Parking Storm Brewing

2 Churches Argue Expansion Katz Discounts Chamber Poll ‘Imposes Financial Hardship’ That Says Business Is Harmed

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

Father John P. Rosson, pastor, St. Mary’s Church, sets palms afire on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 17. The ashes were to be used Ash Wednesday at ceremonies marking the beginning of Lent.

Gibson: Change Possible Using ‘No Labels’ Idea COOPERSTOWN

T

he “No Labels” caucus, which includes Otsego County’s congressman, forced Congress to adopt a budget after years without, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R19, told the Gibson Rotary Club Tuesday, Feb. 17.

During a daylong visit, Gibson toured the Cooperstown Food Pantry and Pathfinder Village/MORE

T

he churches at either end of Church Street are asking the Village Board to shelve a plan for paid parking there, arguing it would “impose another financial hardship” for people using the food pantry, attending Sunday

IF YOU GO: Public hearing on expanding paid parking in Cooperstown, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at 22 Main. services or taking advantage of activities ranging from Alcoholics Anonymous to sewing and quilting groups.

“The impact of paid parking Please See CHURCHES, A6

20 YEARS OF Mike Twomey of Oneonta, now 45, does a belly flop at the 1997 Polar Bear Jump, the second.

This year’s jump is the 20th.

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

T

he Cooperstown business community “overwhelmingly” opposes paid parking, and opposes its expansion by even a larger margin.

That was the result of a survey of Cooperstown Chamber of Com-

G P OIN’

Long-Ago Jolt OLAR Inspires Katz’ ‘Split Season’ 2nd Book Explores ’81 Strike

By LIBBY CUDMORE

COOPERSTOWN

I

PHOTOS, C1

GOING SOLAR: The CCS board planned to meet at 4 p.m. Thrusday, Feb. 19, in the high school library to consider an agreement with Solomon Energy.

BASSETT CFO: A Cleveland Clinic executive has been recruited to succeed retired Bassett’s Chief Financial Officer Nick Nicoletta/DETAILS, A7 TOP SINGER: CCS grad Quinn Bernegger is one of 10 finalists who will be competing Saturday, Feb. 21, at The Franco-American Vocal Academy competition in Austin, Texas.

Photos courtesy of Waters family

Waters’ Family Raised $750,000, Helped 88 Youngsters

By LIBBY CUDMORE

T

merce members conducted in advance of the Village’s Board 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 23, public hearing on a law that would expand paid parking this summer to Church Street, Chestnut and Fair streets from Main to Lake, and River Street from Main to the Bassett Clinic.

Matt Hazzard, the Cooperstown Chamber’s new executive director, concluded from the survey that busiPlease See CHAMBER, A6

wenty years ago, Brenda and Jamie Waters had a cool idea. “The year before, I’d gone to Alexandria Bay and did a Polar Bear Jump there,” said Jamie. “The next year, I wanted to go again, and Brenda said, ‘We have ice, why not do it right here?’”

And with 11 people on a 33-degree day in February 1996, the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump began. They didn’t have any recipients or raise any money that first year, but since then, Son Jeremiah Waters at his first they’ve raised and distributed over $750,000 to 88 children and families to jump, in 1998.

IF YOU GO: 20th Polar Bear Jump, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Goodyear Lake. help pay for medical bills. “Our first recipient, Carly Barry, was 14 months old when we jumped in 1998,” said Brenda. “She’s graduating from high school this year.”

This year’s jump – the 20th – on Saturday, Feb. 21, has 403 people already signed up, and will assist a record 16 recipients, plus the annual donations to the Portlandville Methodist Church, the Milford Fire DePlease See JUMP, B4

n 1981, Mayor Jeff Katz was 18, and his summer was shattered by a baseball strike. “Baseball was a crucial part of my American summer, as it was for so many people,” he said. “It was a The Freeman’s Journal major cultural moment, Katz and a reand it was devastating.” view copy.

And though the strike was resolved on July 31, those two months stayed with Katz, and on May 19, his book “Split Season 1981: Fernandomania, Please SEE KATZ, A7

‘Solar Home Companion Tour’ Starting In Oneonta ONEONTA

T

he statewide “Solar Home Companion Tour,” led by anti-fracking filmmaker Josh Fox and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, will kick off Saturday, Feb. 21, in Oneonta.

The free presentations – exploring renewables and sustainability through music and storytelling – will be 1-3 p.m. in Hartwick College’s Slade Theater, and 7-9 p.m. in the Foothills Performing Arts Center.

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

Join us as we celebrate 20 individuals who are creating Otsego County’s future!

Thursday, February 26 · 5:30 to 7:30 pm Springbrook Oneonta Campus · 5588 State Hwy 7, Oneonta Call 607-547-6103 for reservations · $12.50 per person

Perspectives

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

EDITORIAL

With ‘20 Under 40’, Otsego County Future Is Assured

I

t happened like this.

One of our colleagues picked up a dog-eared copy of Forbes’ “Forty Under Forty” edition from October in a hospital waiting room, and thumbing

by Uber/Airbnb’s Kalanick and Chesky, past Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk (#40), thought: That’s kind of fun.

A little discussion back at the newspaper office, and “Twenty Under Forty” was born, a collaboration of the Cooperstown and Otsego County chambers of commerce, and The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta/AllOTSEGO.com.

(Kudos to our able collaborations, the Cooperstown Chamber’s Matt Hazzard and Otsego Chamber’s Barbara Ann Heegan.)

After a year of the lingering (though perhaps ending) six-year economic slump, of local tragedies like the passing of Oneonta Mayor

Nominate your most impressive colleagues. Details B7 Dick Miller, of the mystify- and Martin Tillapaugh, the Deadline for applications is midnight February 6! ing heroin plague, and of Cooperstown lawyer and struggling toward “Single funeral director).

Point of Contact” ecoThe judges met for a nomic development, began lively few hours the afterthat January with so much noon of Feb. 10 and reached optimism (and new regainconsensus on 20 of the noming momentum), a little fun inees, who are featured in sounded like a good idea. mini-profiles in this edition.

• It HAS been fun. And it Nominations of under-40 isn’t over. And everyone can citizens who are excelling participate: A reception and in their fields were solicited recognition ceremony for – in all, 61 were received the 20 is planned 5:30-7:30 – and a panel of judges emp.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, panelled (arts philanthropist and Springbrook’s newly Ben Guenther of Five Star renovated Oneonta quarters Subaru, Springbrook COO in the former St. Mary’s Seth Haight, Oneonta Job School, next to Brooks Corps Director Chris Kuhn, BBQ. This will be a chance Foothills President & South- for the 20 to get to know side Mall Manager Luisa each other, and for the rest Montanti, Clark Sports of us to get to know the 20 Center Director Val Paige and each other.

N

LETTERS

In the week that followed, Bassett’s Facilities Department also discovered that a steam control valve was damaged as a result of the power surge. Because of this damage, excess pressure is intermittently released by an adjacent safety relief valve into the atmosphere above the hospital causing the noise that neighbors have asked about.

Facilities staff is working closely with Bassett’s mechanical contractors to minimize the issue and fix the damaged valve. A replacement steam valve should arrive by the end of this week. However, making the necessary repair will require a full steam shutdown, which can’t be done in the extreme cold the region has been experiencing.

As soon as the weather warms enough, the plan is to replace the damaged valve, putting an end to the noise that neighbors have raised concerns about. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused any of Bassett’s neighbors.

Jonathan Flyte VP/Corporate Support Services Bassett Hospital Cooperstown

IF YOU GO: “20 Under 40” recognition ceremony and reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s Oneonta facility, 5588 Route 7. $12.50. Call 547-6103 for reservations. ment. But others, Five Star Subaru’s Jessica Guenther and ONC BOCES Stacie Haynes have affected much good through more low-key and constant volunteerism, as well as vaunted professionalism.

Others are entrepreneurs, the Leonard sisters, Brent Baysinger of Canoe & Kayak Rentals, and Heather Mann of Soda Jerks & MannMade Cakes. Others – Edward Jones’ Sarah Manchester, Smith Ford’s Chad Welch, Zoe van der Meulen, sixth generation in her family’s Unalam, among them – are in the business of business, the lifeblood of

A

everything else.

There are professionals: Bassett RN Corinne Smith and CCS phys-ed teacher and coach Bud Lippitt come to mind. Still others are excelling in our institutions, SUNY Oneonta’s Hanna Morgan and Megan Scrivener, NYCON’s Andrew Marietta, Springbrook’s Jonathan Philby.

It’s hard to encapsulate their contributions this way, because none is single-focused. Business people are volunteering. Professionals are raising families. Entrepreneurs are pursuing intellectual interests.

Further encouraging are the qualities of the 41 who because of the 20-person limitation couldn’t make the list. To a person, they are dedicated, hard-working, smart, striving, caring.

Why wouldn’t anyone feel anything but good reviewing their encapsulated stories? Our home, Otsego County, is secure.

CITY MANAGER DELIVERS FIRST STATE OF THE CITY

Bassett Responds To Challenge To the Editor: Neighbors of Bassett Medical Center raised concerns this past weekend about an intermittent noise coming from a steam release valve at one of the buildings on the hospital campus. While the noise cannot be heard from inside the hospital, there are times it is audible along neighboring streets.

The issue is the result of an unexpected NYSEG power surge on Thursday, Feb. 5, that sent damaging amounts of voltage to Bassett. Rather than the normal 12,000 volts from NYSEG in three phases of power, there were surges of 46,000 volts that caused damage to some of the hospital’s electrical gear and automatic transfer switches.

The hospital responded quickly to the situation, establishing an incident command team that prioritized the actions necessary to maintain the safety of the patients. Not all of the hospital’s electrical equipment is protected by an uninterruptible power source (UPS) and therefore some manual processes were necessary to restore normal operations.

To reserve a ticket ($12.50), call the newspaper office at 547-6103 (credit cards accepted), or pay at the door.

• Fun it is, but that isn’t strong enough a word.

Editing the mini-profiles – necessarily, much of the accomplishment had to be left out – was inspirational, faith-renewing if you will.

There’s Chad Angellotti, social worker, who has been helping the needy among us since high school, and Shannon McHugh, whose L’il Ladybugs Daycare is just a front – a front for a broad-ranging commitment to serving her fellow human beings.

Some – County Treasurer Dan Crowell, NYSHA Director Education Danielle Henrici and Oneonta school board member Dan Buttermann among them – are well known through highprofile roles, as well as their energy and accomplish-

OTABLE

D

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Oneonta City Manager Martin Murphy’s first State of the City Address, distributed to Common Council members Tuesday, Feb. 17. espite the many changes and challenges, the City forged ahead and made very notable achievements and much has been accomplished to advance various and specific plans already in process. One of the most notable achievements in 2014 was, after two

CHIEVEMENTS Instead of reading his first State of the City Address, Oneonta City Manager Martin Murphy, left, provided Common Council members with written copies Tuesday, Feb 17.

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

and one- half years of concerted effort, recognition of the Oneonta Police Department as an accredited police agency by the state Law Enforcement Accreditation Council. Less than 30% of the 500 law enforcement agencies in New York State have attained such distinction.

The Center for Public Safety Management (CPSM) was retained by the City to complete an abridged operational and administrative analysis of the city’s fire department fleet. Fire departments tend to deploy resources

utilizing traditional approaches which are rarely reviewed. As a result of this study, the Fire Department will complete a fire and community risk assessment as a component of future department and city planning and develop a formal vehicle strategic replacement plan that is benchmarked against national fire and fleet standards. In 2015 the City will spend over $1 million to replace the 1987 aerial apparatus and the current brush truck vehicle that does not have the Please See ADDRESS, A5

OTHER VOICES

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

Mary Joan Kevlin Associate Publisher

Tara Barnwell Advertising Director

hom Rhodes • Jim Koury T Advertising Consultants

Kathleen Peters Graphics

Celeste Brown Thomas

Copy Editor

Libby Cudmore Reporter

Judith Bartow Billing

Katherine Monser Office Manager Ian Austin Photographer

Stephenie Walker Production Coordinator

Tom Heitz Consultant

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year.

First Class Subscription, $130 a year.

Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080.

E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Contents © Iron String Press, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown 40 Main St., Cooperstown NY 13326-9598 USPS Permit Number 018-449 Postmaster Send Address Changes To: Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326 _____________ Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Judge Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum

Paid Parking Imposes Financial Hardship On Neediest Editor’s Note: This letter was delivered to Cooperstown village trustees this week, urging them not to expand paid parking to Church Street at the Monday, Feb. 23, Village Board meeting.

To the Village Trustees, e are proud to be part of this special place, Cooperstown, and share the concerns of the trustees in addressing the economic needs of our village and the wider community.

The impact of paid parking on rural residents without access to public transportation, many of whom have physical disabilities, are elderly, or are experiencing a financial crisis, would be to impose another financial hardship on those least able to afford it.

The congregations of Christ Church and the Presbyterian Church provide spiritual and community support to the

W

residents of Cooperstown and its environs. Each provides a place of daily worship, study, fellowship, Sunday services, funerals and weddings. Each is engaged in missions that benefit not only those in its own community, but also others living in the greater Cooperstown area, assisting those in emotional, psychological and financial need.

These congregations share Church Street, both as a thoroughfare and as a parking zone. In addition, The Cooperstown Food Pantry has been located at the Presbyterian Church since 1992 in space generously provided by the church.

AA, The Parkinson’s Support Group, DSS Parent-Child Supervision Meetings, Red Cross Blood Mobile, and Catholic Charities Dispute Resolution Center hold regular meetings in space donate by each church, which also require parking access.

The small number of off-street parking spaces available is inadequate to the identified parking volume.

The attached pages enumerate the many activities that occur during the hours of 9 a.m.-6 p.m. during the proposed paid parking months of June, July and August. We are sure that you will be amazed, as we were, at the incredible number of the services and activities contained therein and the corresponding need for parking.

We ask that you withdraw the village proposal for paid parking on Church St. Sincerely, Father MARK MICHAEL Christ Episcopal Church The Rev. ELSIE RHODES Cooperstown Presbyterian Church SHARON OBERRITER AUDREY MURRAY Cooperstown Food Pantry

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

20 Dollars Reward, will be given to any person who will return a HORSE, which was stolen from the stable of the subscriber, on the 19th inst. and marked as follows: two white hind feet – mare headed – has been nicked, but carries a bad tail – a little lame in one of his fore feet – good trotter – lively good eye – about fifteen hands high – bright bay color – has been hogged, but his mane now half grown.

There was taken at the same time a common saddle and bridle, the latter having a piece of untanned skin, with the hair out, upon the head-stall. James Cooper.

February 16, 1815

25 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

William Coleman, an aged man of more than 70 years, was arrested in New York City on February 6, and charged with the robbery of a Wells-Fargo Express wagon. Coleman is the same man who robbed Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark of $30,000 worth of jewelry in 1903, and who was later apprehended while digging up the jewels where he had hidden them in Van Cortlandt Park. Coleman’s record shows thirteen arrests and 28 years spent in various prisons dating back to 1869.

February 17, 1915

175 YEARS AGO

Mr. Crooker, a federal member of the New York State Assembly from Cattaraugus, took occasion a few days since to assail our adopted citizens. He was replied to by Mr. Lasak, a Democratic member from New York – a German by birth and an American by adoption. We give the conclusion of his reply: “Let me remind the gentleman that ‘foreigners’ were the chief companions in arms of the great and good man whose image looks down upon us from above that chair (pointing to Stuart’s picture of Washington over the speaker’s seat) – that among them were Lafayette, Kosciusko, DeKalb, Steuben, Montgomery, &c. – men who shared with him the perils and difficulties of that great contest for liberty and independence. I too, sir, am a foreigner, who has adopted this country as my own, not because I happened to be born here, but because I loved and admired the spirit and genius of her institutions. I, sir, am the first of my countrymen that ever had a seat on this floor, and I assure the gentleman that I appreciate most deeply the honor which the station and the circumstances confer. I know sir, that the great mass of adopted citizens in this country, feel as deep a stake in its institutions, and are as much alive to its interests and honor, as any native among us; and I know I may say, they would go as far as he would go to protect its rights and liberties. Yes, I assure the gentleman, whenever it becomes necessary to unfurl the stars and stripes, and to arm for a conflict in defence of the republic, these ‘foreigners’ of whom he speaks so contemptuously, will be found ever in the vanguard, battling for the country of their adoption, at the cannon’s mouth and in the face of danger, and even death itself.” The effect of this retort as it fell in foreign accents was electric; the galleries, lobbies and even the House itself, joining in a thunder of applause.

February 17, 1840

150 YEARS AGO

Excerpts from an editorial in the Mobile (Alabama) Advertiser & Register: “We do not attempt to disguise the fact that the Confederate cause is at this moment passing

Kraham of this village for a consideration of $3,000. His brother James has taken possession of the property.

February 21, 1890

75 YEARS AGO

The Old School Court, Cooperstown’s largest housing project in years, was announced on Monday by W.T. Samson Smith, the owner, as ninety percent complete. Designed to provide the community with a group of modern dwellings suitable for small families at moderate expense, Mr. Smith states that all of the eight units are ready for occupancy and have been rented on yearly contracts.

February 21, 1940

50 YEARS AGO

The New York State Historical Association this week announced plans for a new library building to be erected on the Fenimore House campus north of Cooperstown.

The new building will be designed by the New York City architectural firm of Moore & Hutchins with Dr. Keyes D. Metcalf, retired director of the Harvard University library February 21, 1990 as consultant. The new structure will provide space for the association’s growing library which now numbers some through its most dangerous crisis. Large numbers of the 40,000. No exact site has been selected, but Dr. Louis C. people are heartsick of the war, and willing to end it upon Jones, NYSHA director, said it would be somewhere in the terms which would have been deemed treasonable two vicinity of Fenimore House. years, or even one year, ago. We have not a doubt that the February 17, 1965 slave proprietors large and small, would compromise today for peace and independence on the basis of a gradual and universal emancipation of the blacks. We may say that large numbers would be willing to give up all their cherished Three months ago, residents and staff left the Meadows, thoughts of independence in exchange for naked peace which had been Otsego County’s nursing home for half upon terms of reconstruction.” a century, and moved to the county’s new nursing home, February 24, 1865 Otsego Manor. This week, the county began to reoccupy the Meadows. About 50 Department of Social Services employees will move into their new quarters, which have been Personal – A horse convention will be held at the Ballard renovated by the county’s Building Services Department.

The DSS sections that will move were formerly housed in House in this village on Saturday when an opportunity will leased space in the Greystone Building on State Route 28, be afforded those wishing to buy, sell, or exchange horses. south of Cooperstown.

The Elisa P. McGown Farm of 66 acres located near February 16, 2005 Middlefield Center was purchased last week by Malachi

10 YEARS AGO

125 YEARS AGO

In 2015, City Hall Will Refocus On Downtown Redevelopment, City Manager Reports ADDRESS/From A4 equipment, water, and pump capacity modern brush trucks have. A much more comprehensive analysis of police, fire and ems services designed specifically to provide local government with a thorough and unbiased analysis of emergency services is included in the 2015 budget.

Housing Visions, a not-for-profit corporation, will continue to work on their Silver Creek proposal to construct a four-story, building with four 40 senior housing units and two, 4unit townhouses on Monroe Avenue. The proposal also calls for the rehabilitation/ demolition/construction of

selected sites that will result in the development of eight new housing units. The project is slated for completion in 2016. ...I am pleased to announce a major downtown initiative that will integrate several separate but interrelated projects into a single, comprehensive strategy to stimulate new investment and development of the Downtown Entertainment District. The primary purpose of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan will be identifying major development site(s) to stimulate downtown reinvestment; identify potential redevelopment sites with preliminary “build out” scenarios of

vacant and underutilized sites; identify potential markets for retail development, professional office space, downtown housing needs assessment of available housing types and market rates and, demand for additional hotel and hotel rooms and improvements. ...The strategy will enhance the City of Oneonta as a 12-month destination for those seeking a vibrant downtown environment with strong culinary excellence, outstanding craft beer production and tasting joined with sought after entertain-

Housekeeping Oneonta Area

Call Betty 607-441-3180 for honest, dependable, and experienced service

ment choices.

The Downtown Redevelopment Plan is made possible by a 2013, $75,000 Empire State Development matching grant that will incorporate a $20,000 Downtown Hotel Study and a $400,000 Main Street Streetscape project. Working closely with the successful consultant, city staff will coordinate and implement a $200,000 NY Main Street Commercial Renovation Project; a $200,000

Microenterprise Business Grant Program; a $227,000 Neahwa Park Entrance Improvement Project; and a $600,000 Infrastructure improvement Project along Market Street.

A valued partnership forged by late Mayor Miller with the Otsego County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) continues to move forward with a jointly developed vision for downtown re-investment, neighborhood re-develop-

ment and a strategy to bring the Oneonta Rail Yards back as an economic driver for the City. A jointly supported focus on Market Street, including the attraction of a “food hub” project and boutique hotel to the area continues with strong support.

Connecting Market Street to Main Street providing a natural flow of consumers with an enhance access to a renovated Damaschke Field will also be important priorities.

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

CHAMBER: More Paid Parking Opposed CHAMBER/From A3 nesses have adjusted to the Village-Hall-imposed “current economic reality.”

However, Hazzard added, “as seen by the results of the survey, the Cooperstown Chamber, its membership and the businesses of Cooperstown overwhelmingly feel the proposed expansion of paid parking in Cooperstown would negatively impact their businesses.”

For his part, Mayor Jeff Katz said, “I believe we are committed to paid parking. I don’t see is going away.”

He continued: “For me, right now, based on the survey of the businesses, I don’t see why an expansion onto Fair or Chestnut or Church really has a more dire effect than – and dire, I’m using their words, not mine – is more problematic than in the Business District itself. I didn’t see anything in the parking surveys that would change my mind.”

CHURCHES: Paid Parking Deters Needy

Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustee month to staff the reguCHURCHES/From A3 Cindy Falk, who chairs the lar operations,” it reports. on rural residents without Streets Committee, propos“Other volunteers come access to public transportaing a “community-only and go daily to work on tion, many of whom have zone, a zone in the middle of inventory, set up, financial physical disabilities, are the village just for residents, accounting, etc. Delivery elderly or are experiencing which would compensate for days require an additional a financial crisis, would be inconveniences to the com20+ people several hours per to impose another financial munity in the summertime.” morning.” hardship on those least able Katz and Falk seemed In all, the food pantry to afford it,” the letter from estimates 533 “client parkChrist Episcopal Church and “responsive,” he said, but pointed out there are legal ing uses” and 525 “volunteer Cooperstown Presbyterian obstacles to such a zone. parking uses” over the sumChurch reads.

Data included in a packet mer, using more than 1,000 That letter, and a second spaces. from the Cooperstown Food provided to trustees report that almost 300 worship“We’ve associated parkPantry, end the same way: pers attend services each ing with inconvenience and “We ask that you withdraw Sunday over the summer, bother,” said Father Michael. the village proposal for paid using perhaps 150 cars. Add “It would be our hope there parking on Church Street.” would be a way forward that The Village Board is plan- in funerals, vacation Bible School, pastoral counseling, would include some creative ning a public hearing at 7 the Presbyterians’ traditional alternatives. Both the Presp.m. Monday, Feb. 23, on a Fourth of July ice cream sobyterian Church and Christ law that would expand paid cial, and the church-related Church view community parking this summer, not numbers more than double. usage of our buildings as an only along Church Street, Over the summer, there important part of our misbut on Chestnut and Fair will be 42 AA meetings, 20 sion in the community – and streets from Main to Lake, Rotary Exchange interviews, we would be open to more and on River Street from two bloodmobiles, seven groups using our facilities Main to the Bassett Clinic. meetings of a Parkinson’s that way.”

“My guess is the village Support Group, three meetMayor Katz said of paid trustees didn’t understand ings of the Fenimore Quilt parking, “I don’t see it gohow much our facilities are Club, and much more. The ing away.” But he called used outside Sunday mornchurches estimate there will the Church Street situaing and home much of an be 357 non-church events in tion “more complex.” At impact this would have on their facilities this summer. the public hearing, he said, so many community groups The food pantry’s data residents will speak, then he that offer services free of sheet reports 685 people will ask the trustees to speak charge to the community,” what made him difficult – he had a reputato the issue, one by one. said the Rev. Mark Michael, use its services per month, tion for not liking the players and making obtaining three meals a day “Whatever conclusions are Christ Church rector. some nasty cracks about them.” five days a week per housereached,” he said, “I don’t Father Michael said he Grebey died in 2013, but Katz’s book was and the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, hold. Further, “in 2015 there see myself having a fight with the board.”

Presbyterian pastor, met with will be 70 volunteers per able to dispel one of the more well-known accounts of his behavior. “I’d heard from a This 1½ story ranch has 460' of road frontage. couple people, including Grebey, a story that Open floorplan, newly painted, new wall-to-wall Grebey told about reading back the union’s carpet. Glass-enclosed sunroom w/propane gas proposal aloud, only to have Reggie Jackson stove. Large entertainment deck in rear w/mini burst in and say ‘We’re not going to put up pond and waterfall. Rumford wood-burning with this’!” said Katz. “Grebey supposedly fireplace set in an 8' brick hearth. Underground told him that it was the union’s proposal, but electric, 200 amp service, stone driveway, 3-zone it always felt too perfect a story for me to oil hot water heat with hot water heat exchanger. believe.”

Low maintenance and in move-in condition.

A chat with Doug DeCinces, a third baseExclusively offered at $ 265,000 man for the Baltimore Orioles, shone some light on the story. “The way he remembered it, Reggie Jackson came in and said ‘No ProPErty DEtails — 2 stories ExtErior FEaturEs one comes to see the owners, they come to —3 acres —3 bedrooms —Built in 1997 see the players.’ That, to me, sounds much —Private septic/sewer —2½ baths —Full foundation more real.”

—Private well —Unfinished basement —Attached 2-car garage The book’s proposal was sold in March 2013 to Thomas Dunne, and then the real —Open kitchen —Garage access basement intErior FEaturEs writing began. “While I was doing the —Entry foyer —Baseboard heat —Approximately 1,700 sq ft research, I was flashing back to 18-year-old —Living room and dining room —Oil fuel —Custom style me, and now I’m on the phone with White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf,” he said.

37 Chestnut street · Cooperstown · 607-547-5622 · 607-547-5653 (fax) He combined first-person interviews with parking is never a problem! players, owners and reporters, as well as For Appointment Only Call: Tim Donahue, Associate Real Estate Broker – 293-8874 news articles and cultural references to tell Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 REALTY M.Marion the full tale of those two long months. “It King, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5332 Cathy Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Eric Hill, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5557 Jacqueline Savoie, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-4141 truly is the story of that year,” he said. “It’s Don DuBois, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5105 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502 about baseball and politics and history, but For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, call 607.547.5622 more than that, I just wanted to tell a good or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com story.”

Overall, 79 chamber members responded to the survey, e-mailed out last month, and 68.1 percent oppose Hazzard paid parking; 51.9 percent feel paid parking has a negative impact on their business, and 63.3 percent that it has had a negative impact on the business climate overall.

Only 43 percent believe it has had no impact.

However, 75.9 percent of respondents oppose expansion.

Hazzard also broke out 44 downtown businesses that responded. Fewer – 61.4 percent – oppose paid parking, but more – 70.4 percent – believe paid parking has hurt their businesses, and more – 75 percent – believe it has hurt the business climate. Only 25 percent have seen no impact.

However, even more

– 79.5 percent – oppose the proposed expansion.

In an interview, Katz discounted some of the arguments for ending paid parking.

Merchants argued it would keep customers away, but last summer, with the third-largest Hall of Fame Induction Weekend crowd, parking revenues were up and trolley revenues were up 30 percent. “People are coming,” he said.

The chamber surveys also said the village has a responsibility to provide employee parking. Katz said he’s not sure that’s the case and, beside, there are plenty of spaces in the Red Lot, behind Leatherstocking Federal Credit Union, within a few minutes walk of the downtown.

Another point dealt with the lack of parking for Bassett Hospital patients and employees. “Again, is that a village responsibility?” asked the mayor.

Katz Documents Strike That Jolted Him In ’81 KATZ/From A3 the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball,” will be published by Thomas Dunne, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press. It has already been reviewed at www.kirkusreviews.com.

“No one ever wrote about this strike, and I always wanted to learn more,” said Katz.

“And I found that the best way to learn about it was to write about it.”

His first book, “The Kansas City A’s and the Wrong Half of the Yankees,” was published in 2007 by Maple Street Press.

Shortly thereafter, he began researching the new book. “I have the greatest baseball library in the world a block away,” he said.

“The people there were so helpful in helping me put all this together.”

One researcher mentioned that he’d been in touch with Clark Griffith, son of Minnesota Twins owner Calvin Griffith and grandson of Hall of Famer Clark Griffith, and he had been interested in Katz’s project.

“Clark told me I should call Ray Grebey, the chief negotiator for the team owners.”

Known as “the man who killed baseball,” Grebey didn’t normally like to talk about the strike. “When I called him up, he said, ‘I was talking to my son, and he says I should talk to you’,” Katz recalled. “But he would only see me in person.”

Katz drove to Stamford, Conn., for the day and the two had lunch. “It was an amazing day,” he said. “He even gave me a cigar for the ride home! But I could see

Don Olin

All

John Mitchell Real Estate

216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com

OTSEGO.homes

MLS#86596 Cooperstown $789,000

Retail & Office Space

for Lease

Cooperstown Commons Join Tops Supermarket, Family Dollar, Subway, Bassett Healthcare, Pizza Hut & McDonalds 1,000 sq. ft. storefront available

Call for more information 919-280-0070 kris@glenwoodco.com

Capital District MLS #201334203 Otsego-Delaware MLS # 92325

38 Main Street, Cherry Valley This artist-owned historic 183 year-old home, is located in the historic village of Cherry Valley, NY, minutes from Cooperstown and the Glimmerglass Opera. There are rooms that have hand-painted murals and art work by the owner painted directly on the walls. Centrally located in the heart of the village, you are within walking distance of many good restaurants of varying tastes and prices. You are minutes away from the local art gallery and local library. This must be seen to be appreciated.

PRICE REDUCED TO $90,000

Great Income Producer!

This outstanding property is in the center of Cooperstown’s business district very close to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It brings 6 guaranteed parking spaces and ground floor retail space of 1,600 sq ft. Known as the Iron Clad Building it is a landmark built in 1862 by James Bogardus, the pioneer of Cast-Iron Architecture.

He demonstrated the use of cast iron in the construction of building facades, in New York City, where he was based, and also in Washington, D.C., where 3 cast-iron structures were erected by Bogardus in 1851.

Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405

Laura Coleman 607-437-4881

Mike Winslow, Broker 607-435-0183

Madeline K. Woerner 607-434-3697

For more information: Call Bob Buck at 518-698-3004

Home of the Week

ASHLEY

CONNOR REALTY

29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown 607-547-4045 www.ashleyconnorrealty.com

IOOF – Rebekah Lodge, Cherry Valley This property in recent time served as the IOOF-Rebekah Lodge and was formerly a fine family home owned by the Seeleys and Livingstones, among others. Post-and-beam construction with a stone foundation. Large entry hall, library w/period arches and fireplace mantle, sewing room w/fireplace, banquet room, sitting room, galley kitchen, period cooking hearth with beehive oven, period moldings, 6-panel doors, 12/12 windows, and attached carriage house. The upstairs features a dressing room, large meeting hall, and 2 large attic spaces. A great opportunity for a historical restoration.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $99,000

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

LOCALS Cleveland Clinic Executive Recruited To Succeed Nick Nicoletta At Bassett COOPERSTOWN

M

ichael Tengeres, an executive at the Cleveland Clinic, has been appointed corporate vice president and chief financial officer at Bassett Healthcare Network, effective April 6. He succeeds Nick Nicoletta, who retired at the end of 2014.

As corporate CFO, Tengeres will be the financial, insurance, capital, debt and overall business strategist for Bassett Healthcare Network, which includes the network’s six hospitals, First Community Care of Bassett, At Home Care, Templeton Foundation and Friends of Bassett.

“We are fortunate to have Mike join Bassett,” said Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown, who at one time was at the Cleveland Clinic.

“He brings extensive experience and expertise to the role of CorpoTengeres rate CFO that will be invaluable to our network as we continue our transition, under health reform, from a volume-based health care delivery system to a valuebased model.”

In Cleveland, Tengeres is senior director/International Finance Operations.

The clinic employs 40,000 people, 10 times that of Bassett.

“It is a challenging but exciting time to be in health care, and I am honored to have this opportunity to serve and work closely with leadership, caregivers, and surrounding communities in continuing to advance the Bassett Healthcare Network mission,” said Tengeres.

The new CFO grew up in the Rochester area, graduated from the University of Buffalo and received an MBA from the University of Rochester. He joined the U of R Medical Center, then moved to MedStar Health in Baltimore, before joining the Cleveland Clinic nine years ago.

Whaling Falls Through Ice, Warns Others COOPERSTOWN

M

ichael Whaling of Sharon Springs was warning people to be careful after he fell through Otsego Lake’s ice Wednesday, Feb. 11, about 70 feet off Lake Front Park.

Whaling said he was snowshoeing when his right foot broke through the ice. Leaning on his left foot, he was able to go into a roll and pull himself out.

He alerted village Public Works Superintendent Brian Clancy to spread the word.

In 30 years of experiencing Glimmerglass in winter, nothing like this has happened to him before, Whaling said.

On arriving home, he called a friend who lives by a lake in Maine, who told him that with heavy snowfalls, like the ones experienced here in recent days, ice, no matter how thick, can sometimes crack.

Lillien Tillapaugh, Andrew Kenyon Wed COOPERSTOWN

L

illien Gendall Tillapaugh and Andrew Joseph Kenyon were married Jan. 31, 2015, at The Otesaga. The Rev. Mark Michael officiated at the 4:30 ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Martin and Meg Tillapaugh of Cooperstown. The bridegroom is the son of Joseph and Connie Kenyon of East Hartford, Conn.

Molly Toulson, sister of the bride, was the matron of honor. Taylor Kenyon, sister of the bridegroom, and Rikki Lee Sabasteanski, college roommate, were bridesmaids.

Matthew Kenyon, brother of the groom, was best man.

Brandon Tomlin, childhood friend of the groom, and Daniel LaCross, college friend, were groomsmen.

Andrew Tillapaugh and Bennet Tillapaugh, brothers of the bride, were ushers.

A dinner and dancing reception was held in the main dining room at The Otesaga.

The bride graduated from Cooperstown High School and Bentley University. She is employed as the marketing director for TaxiFare Finder. The groom graduated from East Hartford High School and from Bentley

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Joseph Kenyon

University with a master’s in accounting. He is employed

by Price Waterhouse and Coopers.

AllOTSEGO

Tax Time

Let the All Star's take the worry out of your taxes!

Aileen Farago & Christopher Tarbell Enrolled Agents *Clinton Plaza Drive, Oneonta * 607.267.4542 * www.AllStarBts.com *

Ready for the Affordable Care Act tax changes?

WE CAN HELP!

Schlather & Birch –– ATTORNEYS AT LAW ––

Patrick R. Kinley, CPA Robert B. Schlather, CPA 192 Main St., PO Box 391 COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 (607) 547-5253 ext 104

taxinfo@schlatherbirch.com

“Our 49th Tax Season” jJust come to

Liberty Tax, let us do your taxes and we’ll hand you $50 cash on the spot.

28 Oneida Street

(Next to Pizza Land)

Oneonta, NY 13820 607-353-7228

LibertyTax.com

The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia and Walt Disney World and will reside in Boston.

3 HONORED: Cory Kitson (architectural design and building) and Samantha Tadross (hotel management) of Cooperstown, and Sabrina Whitford (nursing) of Fly Creek, are on the Dean’s List at SUNY Cobleskill for the fall semester.

CARSON HONORED: Nicholas L. Carson, Cherry Valley, a senior in technology education is on the Dean’s List at SUNY Oswego for the fall semester.

SNELL HONORED: Emily Margaret Snell, a senior French and psychology major at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., is on the Dean’s List for the fall semester. The CCS graduate is a daughter of Ralph and Susan Snell, Cooperstown.

ON DEAN’S LIST: Douglas Cannon of Cooperstown, a sophomore, is on the Dean’s List at Marist College for the fall semester.

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

AllOTSEGO.homes

OneOnta • 75 Market Street 607-433-1020 COOperStOwn • State Hwy 28 607-547-5933

MLS#95498 $289,000 Year-round Otsego Lake home has 5 BRs, 2 baths, 25’private lake frontage. Pine interior, hardwood floors, chestnut woodwork, FP w/pellet stove insert, AC. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#93990 $199,900 Location! Location! State Hwy 28 in Milford – 2 lots, 2 buildings, paved parking! Endless opportunities on the most direct route to Cooperstown.

Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#98076 $33,000 Hartwick – 5.5-acre Building Lot is adjacent to 1,000+ acres of State land! Surveyed, wooded and loaded w/deer! Other lots available!

Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)

MLS#97997 $149,000 Great Opportunity! Storefront and 3 apartments plus efficiency, and single-family house in back.

Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633 Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/747998

MLS#94579 $59,000 Cherry Valley Hunter’s Paradise! 28 acres along County Highway 32. Wooded, great views. Great for building.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#95638 $164,000 Otego – 3-family home on a 2.17-acre village lot. Has a country feel. Nice views! Live in one as the current owners do, or rent all 3 units. Off-street parking.

Call or text Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#93225 $76,500 Priced to sell! Spacious 4-BR, 2-bath house close to I-88. Large backyard, workshop/garage.

Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual tour www.realestateshows.com/708598

PR NE iC W E!

lis NE ti N W g!

P R NE iC W E!

for complete listings visit us at realtyusa.com

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19-20, 2015

MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#94868 $120,000 Home and Business! House has 3+ BRs, 1½ Spacious BR, 2 bath is close tospace I-88. Large baths and4 3,900 sq fthouse of commercial below. backyard, workshop/garage, small shed.

Make your Commercial space rebuilt in 2004.

Nice corner lot. appointment today. Priced to go this week!

Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598

MLS#98150 $199,000 Cooperstown Village! This charming home features 3 BRs, 1½ baths, ½-acre lot, 2-car garage. Beautiful wood floors, new roof, recent furnace, enormous yard!

Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

P R NE iC W E! MLS#97561 $99,500 1873 Classic Walk to everything! Sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen, family room, large backyard, garage.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520 6512 Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour.com

MLS#97482 $68,500 Built in 1799 as the Stanley School, this home is totally renovated. Taxes under $1,000. An ideal starter or getaway home. Cherry Valley Schools.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#95480 $254,900 3-BR, 2-bath contemporary post-and-beam home on 11.60 acres. Glassed LR and family room w/gas fireplace, deck, high ceilings, skylights, wood floors.

Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#97947 $169,000 Completely Renovated Victorian! An approved baseball rental, this 4-5 BR, 3-bath home is spacious and bright. Extra income!

Text or call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

PR NE iC W E!

MLS#97599 $134,000 Too many upgrades! Modern 3-BR, 2 bath farmhouse on nearly an acre w/new roof, floors and paint.

Call Adam Karns at 607-244-9633 cell Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/745530

MLS#93247 $105,000 Oneonta – Income property in an excellent location.

Walking distance to Hartwick College and SUCO. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

PR NE iC W E!

MLS#96032 $249,000 2004 ranch w/4 BRs, 2½ baths, finished lower level, 2car heated garage, 2.46 +/- acres, pond, Cooperstown schools. Open floorplan, vaulted ceiling, radiant heat.

Call Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

lis PNE NE tiNRiWC W g!E!

MLS#97217 $47,900 4,600 Sq Ft Warehouse ½ is insulated and heated.

Tractor trailer entrance, commercially zoned, 3-sided access. 8,000 sq ft parking. Close to Routes 28 and 20.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

MLS#94929 Jefferson – Motivated Sellers! Awesome getaway or full-time residence. Log-faced frame-built home on 5.30 acres. Close to skiing, biking, hunting.

Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

P R NE iC W E!

MLS#97402 $299,500 Cooperstown Area Farm Liquidation w/trout stream! 138 acres w/views is selling below market!

Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.cooperstownland.com

Ranch Home with Lots to Offer! This home sits on almost 1 acre of land just on the outskirts of the town of Oneonta. LR is bright w/newer windows, large eat-in kitchen, 3-4 BRs, 3 baths, master BR w/bath. Hardwood flooring in the BRs, ceramic tile in the kitchen, baths and bar area.

Family room in the basement is big w/bar, laundry and bath. Vinyl siding, newer boiler w/radiant heat, newer roof, garage and partially fenced yard w/spacious, private deck off the back.

MLS#94991

MLS#94139 $119,900 Afton – This very well maintained home features 3-4 BRs, 2 baths, spacious rooms, 1st-flr laundry, 3/4-acre Cooperstown Village home.

Sellertopays closing costs (up lot, 2-car garage.

Wood add-on furnace.

Views. to w/acceptable Call$3,000 Suzanne Darling @offer).

607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#96425 $148,500 Charming farmhouse w/3-4 BRs, 2 baths has been totally renovated. 6.97 acres w/pond and stream.

Fireplace, knotty-pine family room, clawfoot tub.

Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#97392 $121,900 Great home in Oneonta features 3 BRs,1 bath, garage, fenced yard, sunroom and family room.

Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

Center-city Oneonta! This solid 4-bedroom home is ready to be brought

Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner

up to today’s standards with an HGTV makeover. Wonderful large rooms, bay window area, large kitchen with adjoining room that would make a combination kitchen/great room. Wonderful woodwork details inside and out, hardwood floors, stained glass panels, nice entryway and staircase are all original. Just waiting for renovations to breathe new life into it. $135,500 MLS#96750

Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE 607-547-5740•607-547-6000 (fax) 157 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

ASHLEY

E-Mail: info@hubbellsrealestate.com Web Site: www.hubbellsrealestate.com

REALTY

CONNOR

29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown · 607-547-4045 Patricia Bensen-Ashley – Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner

Cooperstown dutCh Colonial

Cape Cod on 4.5 aCres

(7905) 4-BR, 3-bath 2009 residence.

This nearly new home includes a modern kitchen w/oak cabinets and eating bar, DR, bonus room. Airy and bright floorplan, main-level master BR. Patio, thermal glass, gas hot water heat.

Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$264,900

Jim

BenJamin

paradise on 11 aCres

(7892) This elegant 3-BR home offers a newer great room w/bluestone fireplace, skylights, and beamed cathedral ceiling. Formal DR,1 full and 2 half baths, den w/fireplace, custom kitchen w/work island. Stone walls and large front porch lead to entrance. Inviting backyard w/patio, deck, and gardens. 2-car garage.

Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive—$549,000

Since 1947, our personal service has always been there when you need it most. With comprehensive coverage for all your AUTO • HOME • LIFE insurance needs.

BUSINESS

Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Phone: 607-432-2022 22-26 Watkins Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820

(7985) 3-BR, 3-bath ranch on 11 acres features vaulted ceilings, oak flooring.

Modern kitchen w/breakfast room, formal DR, office/den, bonus room, entertainment area, finished basement, main-level master BR w/Jacuzzi.

2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$315,000

Thinking of Remodeling?

Think of Refinancing!

LGROUP@STNY.RR.COM www.leatherstockingmortgage.com 607-547-5007 (Office) 800-547-7948 (Toll Free)

New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept.

Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender.

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

AllOTSEGO.homes

Milford Village – Cute as a button cottage-style home built in 1828 with a 1970s addition. Situated on a corner lot with a deep backyard, under-house garage plus workshop area, back deck, and sweet front porch. This well taken care of home offers a parlor, formal dining room with wainscotted walls, kitchen, dining area plus a very nice family room addition w/bay window, door to the back deck, and attached bath w/laundry. Upstairs are 3 BRs, a den or nursery, full bath and lots of cubbies and closets. Systems are updated, house is in move-in condition and fully applianced. This is the first time this home has been offered for sale in well over 40 years.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty NOW $77,000 Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com FOR APPOiNTmENT: Patti Ashley, Broker, 607-437-1149 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Robert Schneider, Associate Broker, 607-282-2814 • Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 607-547-8288 • Chris Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

CALL 607-547-6103 TO ADVERTISE IN REGION’S LARGEST REALTY SECTION/MORE ADS, A6

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL C-1

Gibson’s Whirlwind Day

Congressman Chris Gibson meets resident Tony Diaz on his tour of the Pathfinder Village living communities Tuesday, Feb. 17.

At the Cooperstown Rotary club, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, Otsego County’s congressman, spoke of his membership in the “No Labels” caucus, a bipartisan effort, among other things, to create an infrastructure fund by bringing the funds of U.S. corporations back from overseas.

Behind him are Rotary President Diana Nicols and club officers Margaret Savoie, Angie Erway and Tom Heitz.

Gibson and Paul Landers, Pathfinder Village president/ CEO, tour the grounds of the campus.

The two discussed concerns about the government trying to do away with “congregated living” of people with disabilities.

Gibson stands opposed to the measure, saying “The government cannot go after the people who need the most help.”

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

Gibson joined state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in shaking hands with Sharon Oberritter, chair of the board of the Cooperstown Food Pantry, and Audrey Murray, director. As Gibson toured the facility at Cooperstown Presbyterian Church, he was told how hopes are to expand the program to include funding to get meals to younger people beyond school lunches.

LEGALS Legal

Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 103 SMC FULL CIRCLE LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 February 2015. 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 28 Nelson Ave, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalMar26 Legal notice Notice of formation of ALL OUT RENTALS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on February 13, 2015. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 2898 County Route 8, Oneonta, New York, 13820.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMar26 Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with

Legal

the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015HOT IN PLACE RECYCLING All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015HOT IN PLACE RECYCLING) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

Legal

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK

Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015GUIDE RAILING All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015- GUIDE RAILING) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than

Legal

Legal

the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015ASPHALT CONCRETE & RELATED WORK All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015ASPHALT CONCRETE & RELATED WORK) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street,

BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County

Legal

Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015-BRIDGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT @ LABOR RENTAL All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015 – BRIDGE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT & LABOR RENTAL) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and

Legal

specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK

Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015CULVERT PIPE All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015- CULVERT PIPE) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New

Legal

York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015-GABION BASKET All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e.

Legal

2015- GABION BASKET) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www.otsegocounty. com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK

Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015

C-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

LEGALS Legal

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015STRUCTURAL STEEL All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015STRUCTURAL STEEL) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www. otsegocounty.com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County:

Legal

2015-Silane Penetrating Sealer to Various Bridge Decks in Otsego County All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e.

2015 - SILANE PENETRATING SEALER TO VARIOUS BRIDGES IN OTSEGO COUNTY) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www. otsegocounty.com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the Otsego County Clerk of the Board for the following Otsego County Highway Department, all in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Purchasing Agent of Otsego County: 2015 - SAND, STONE & GRAVEL All bids must be enclosed in a securely sealed envelope with the notation of the Bid Number and Commodity inserted thereon (i.e. 2015SAND, STONE

Legal

@ GRAVEL) and must be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York no later than TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS MUST BE MAILED TO OR DELIVERED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, NOT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BIDS WILL BE OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 20 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, New York at 11:00 A.M on MARCH 3, 2015.

Bidders are advised not to rely on next day mail services.

Bids must be in the Office of the Board Agent no later than the above specified date and time.

Faxes or electronic mail will not be accepted.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of the General Municipal Law and all other applicable laws.

The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Details and specifications may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent @ zvirzdind@ otsegocoubnty.com or by visiting our Purchasing Department website at www. otsegocounty.com to view bid.

DEBBIE ZVIRZDIN PURCHASING AGENT OTSEGO COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: February 16, 2015 1LegalFeb20

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION Paterno Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on February 12, 2015.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Paterno Real Estate LLC, 83 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalMar26 Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC). Name: PAPERKITE CREATIVE, LLC. Articles of Organizaiton filed with Secretary of State of new York (SSNY) on 1/27/2015. 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 52 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Legal

6LegalMar26

Legal notice 1-3 Watkins Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 46 West St LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 13 Lawn Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 742 Dorr Edson LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 42 Grove St LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which

Legal

Legal

Legal

the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19

pany Name: STAR ROUTE FARM, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of New York (SSNY) on 2/05/15. 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 the process the LLC to: 653 CO HWY 40, CHARLOTTEVILLE, NY 12036. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., 10th Fl., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

6LegalMar12

Legal notice 11 Lawn Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 48 Fairview St LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 9-13 Washington St LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice 31 Cherry St LLC, Date of Formation: 1/30/2015, Otsego County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him: 97 Main Street, Oneonta, NY. LLC purpose: any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com-

Legal notice Notice of formation of BIG PINES, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 12/10/2014.

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, c/o David Yager, 2 Alex Way, Stratham, NH 03885. Purpose: for any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar19 Legal notice Notice of Publication of Formation of Limited Liability Company Cobblestone Acres, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on January 12, 2015. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the Company is Cheryl Murphy, 251 Academy Street, P.O. Box 195, West Winfield, New York 13491.

The purpose of the Company is any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalMar12

Legal notice Notice of Formation of ROUND HOUSE DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/26/15. Office location: Otsego County.

Princ. office of LLC: 204 Round House Rd., Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Legal notice Notice of Formation of Oneonta Auto Sales, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/2014.

Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalMar12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of JRB Holdings, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/17/2014. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalMar12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Above & Beyond in Home Care, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalMar12 Legal notice HOAG’S GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/27/15.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 122 Taylor Rd., Edmenston, NY 13335, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar12 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Stonegate Golf Course, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/16/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Legal

SSNY shall mail process to: 2361 S. Beaver Creek Rd., West Edmentston, NY 13485. Purpose: any lawful activities.

6LegalMar12

Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: INDIGO CONNECTIONS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 5 January 2015.

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 220 Eddie Martin Road, Milford, NY 13807. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalFeb26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: TODDSVILLE VENTURES LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 5 January 2015.

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 733 CO HWY 59, COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalFeb26 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization of A & D Otsego Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 14, 2015, effective on the date of filing.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 83 Lower River Street, Oneonta, New York 13820, which is the principal business location of the LLC. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalFeb26

Legal notice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: GUNTHER CAPITAL GROUP LLC, Articles of

Legal

Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/02/2015. 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 process to: C/O GUNTHER CAPITAL GROUP LLC, 2885 County Highway 8, West Oneonta, NY 113861. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

6LegalFeb26

Legal notice Notice of Formation of LSB CONSULTING LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 1/1/15. NY office location: OTSEGO County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, 1896 County Hwy 18, South New Berlin, NY 13843.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalFeb26

Legal notice Notice of Formation of FRENCH’S GARAGE LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY on 1/1/15. NY office location: OTSEGO County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to c/o THE LLC, 762 County Hwy 1, Mt. Upton, NY 13809.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalFeb19 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: DRI 3, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 7 January 2015. 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 10 Market Street, Suite 11, New York, 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalFeb19