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Intrepid ice fisherman shares Restaurants, liquor stores await tools and tricks of the trade as Albany decision on drinks to go winter sport season continues Gov. Hochul plan in budget proposal

New York lawmakers meet this month to finalize a state spending plan for 2022-23 due April 1, and included in the debate is a proposal that would allow restaurants to again offer the ‘cocktails-to-go’ permitted under an Andrew Cuomo pandemic executive order that expired eight months ago.

Governor Kathy Hochul made waves in January when she announced the proposal that make permanent the chance for restauINSIDE ►AND THEY’RE OFF!: New York’s major political parties select preferred 2022 candidates but primaries loom on both sides, page 2. ►COOPER Murals in jeopardy: Time running out as Westchester County historical society amps up its fight to save James Fenimore Cooper murals, page 9. ►AN OLD CHUM RETURNS: Catskill Symphony Orchestra brings back its popular ‘Cabaret’ night with the full orchestra, a very special guest artist, and the always-popular conductor contest , page 10. ►A FEW THOUGHTS ON IMPORTANT THINGS: Our columnists this week reflect on Ukraine, commemorate a leader in addiction treatment for women, find an old painting that brings up fond memories, teach a new dog old tricks, and draw a through-line from Lenten shenanigants to a career as a lobbyist . .

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rants to sell alcoholic takeaway drinks when accompanied by food-to-go orders and after the State Liquor Authority would establish rules and regulations on the practice.

The proposal pits restaurants against liquor stores — a public policy debate last seen when lawmakers allowed restaurants to seal unfinished bottles of wine for diners to take home after their meal. Restaurants say cocktails-to-go is an important post-pandemic lifeline, liquor stores say the plan “will threaten the livelihood of thousands in our industry.”

Wayne Carrington, owner of Oneonta’s Autumn Café and B-Side Ballroom with his wife, Rebecca, supports the governor’s plan but does not believe the discussion demands a zero-sum outcome.

“This is not about territory,” he said. “This

is about community.

Restaurants serving to-go drinks and liquor stores coexist for the better of every community.”

He said to-go cocktails made a big difference for the Autumn when pandemic rules prohibited in-person dining. That experience, in turn, changed diners’ habits.

“It helped us to be more buoyant through some really tough times,” he said.

“People still aren’t necessarily comfortable being among crowds. Take-out lets us meet the customers where they are.”

“Offering food and drink to go lets people enjoy the food and beverage experience they get from dining at their favorite restaurants,” he said. “We need to get municipalities behind this effort as they look to bring new energies to their downtowns. We can get the downtown food and beverage experience out to people who want it but who now want to enjoy it in a whole new way.”

Cooperstown restauranteur Brian Wrubleski, who owns and operates Mel’s 21 with his daughter Alexandra Gunther, said the proposal would be a boost for restaurants and downplayed the threat to retail liquor stores.

“It’s a convenience item” he said of the drinks-to-go.

“When somebody orders something for me to deliver Continued on page 6

Death Notice

Dr. Emery Herman This edition of The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta goes to press as we learned of the passing of Dr. Emery C. Herman of Cooperstown, who died Saturday, February 26, 2022, at the age of 92.

Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh opened the Village Board’s February 28 meeting with a remembrance of Dr. Herman and his many contributions to the Village; readers filled our website with appreciation for his work in and around Cooperstown.

A complete obituary will be released at a later date and Celebration of Life gathering will be announced in the future.

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Rob Moore is a typical outdoorsy kind of guy. He hunts, he fishes, he hikes. “I love to fish,” he said. “Whether it’s from a boat or on the ice, I just love it.”

“When I was just a boy living in Cooperstown, I fished behind Bassett Hospital,” he said, before divulging a sportsman’s secret. “That’s a perfect spot for fly fishing and salmon fishing during the summer. As a matter of fact, I learned how to swim in that lake.”

Mr. Moore’s father taught him how to ice fish on Lake Otsego when he was young. “My father and I were out on the ice and the first thing I did was catch a sunfish,” he said. “That got me hooked.”

Mr. Moore left Cooperstown when he was ten years old in 1971, moving west to the San Fernando Valley. He taught scuba diving and did a lot of spear fishing for 15 years, then moved on to construction before he moved back to this area in 2010. He is a now a local construction contractor.

“I’ve always loved fishing, any kind of fishing,” he said. “Typically, any fishing is better either in the mornings or evenings, both ice fishing and boat fishing. You have to be all about safety on the ice.”

Being ‘all about safety’ means a careful routine for Rob Moore and anyone wandering out onto a frozen lake.

“First, we take a ‘Spud Bar’ to the ice,” he said. “It’s a steel rod with a chisel on the end of it. You slam that on the ice three or four times to see if it breaks through the ice.”

“The rule of thumb is for a person, the ice should be a minimum of three-and-a-half inches thick. If you have an ATV or snowmobile, it needs to be six-to-eight inches, and a car needs 15 inches minimum,” Mr. Moore said.

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A long campaign season begins

New York’s big political parties back slates but primaries loom New York’s 2022 political season begins in earnest this month after both Democrats and Republicans convened in February to select their party-backed slates for statewide offices.

In the top of the ticket race for governor, Republicans this week chose Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin as their choice to take on Democrat incumbent Kathy Hochul.

Both face potentially difficult primary challenges, though, as Republican Harry Wilson — who narrowly lost a 2010 bid to oust state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, jumped into the race for governor last week.

The Westchester County businessman, originally from Johnstown, New York, reportedly plans to sink $12 million of his own money into the primary contest against Rep. Zeldin. His campaign began running introductory television messages in upstate media markets prior to the party’s February 28 - March 1 convention.

With more than $20 million in her campaign account, Governor Hochul remains the odds-on favorite to head the Democrats’ ticket in November, despite failing to secure backing from the state’s left-leaning Working Families Party. Their primary nod goes to New York City Public

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St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown begins its Lenten Food Drive March 5 with a goal of raising $5,000 before the drive ends on March 27.

Brian Wrubleski, who co-owns Mel’s 21 in Cooperstown with his daughter, kicked off the drive named in honor of his late wife, Maryellen Wrubleski.

Mrs. Wrubleski began the food drive more than 10 years ago and, after her untimely passing, the parish continued the effort in her honor. Mr. Wrubleski, whose restaurant carries his wife’s nickname, opens the food drive each year with a challenge grant of $500.

The parish accepts cash or checks, canned and dried food items such as fruits and vegetables, rice, beans, instant potatoes, soups, canned meats, crackers, nuts, pasta, spaghetti sauce, pancake mix, cereal, and baby food. Also needed: personal care items including toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, feminine hygiene products, deodorant, laundry detergent, and, especially, size five and six diapers. The drive also welcomes dog and cat food, noting isolated and financially challenged residents “often use their meager resources to feed those loved members of their households before feeding themselves.”

All donations go to the food pantries of northern Otsego County — Cooperstown, Hartwick, Burlington Flats, Richfield Springs, Milford, Cherry Valley, and Edmeston.

The parish’s pamphlet says that the latest data available shows nearly 3,300 households in Otsego County living below the Federal Poverty Line, with 31 percent of county residents classified as ALICE — ‘asset limited, income constrained, employed.’

Each dollar donated buys $10 worth of food.

To donate, place items in the boxes under the table at the back of the church on Elm Street in Cooperstown; checks made out to St. Mary’s with ‘food drive’ in the memo line can be placed in an envelope marked Lenten Food Drive for the collection basket at Mass, or in the Food Pantry box on the wall at the back of the church.

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The state’s Republicans also face challenges from within in down-ticket races; with Otsego County grafted in to a larger state Senate district comprising suburban portions of the state’s Capital District, incumbent Senator Peter Oberacker may be forced into a primary for the seat against his party colleague, Senator Jim Tedisco.

Hanging in the balance, too, is an Andrew Cuomo campaign fund reportedly topping some $16 million; he dipped into those coffers this week to unveil a new television advertisement claiming he has been exonerated of the criminal charges that led to his 2021 resignation. His allies and staff insist the ex-governor is not seeking elective office in this year’s race, but Mr. Cuomo himself has remained silent on the question to date.

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Rep. Zeldin selected as his LG running mate New York City Police Department Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito, locking in a ‘tough on crime’ stance as state GOP’s primary platform plank in the upcoming campaign. Republicans also raised eyebrows during their February 28 convention meeting when state party chairman Nick Langworthy said New Yorkers “need to start acting like the Ukrainians, like the everyday citizens who are risking their lives for their freedoms.”

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Oneonta Middle School student prepped supply-filled backpacks for homeless On a legal pad, the teen priced out a total of two dozen backpacks and the items she thought best to include — everything from hair ties and Chapstick to hair brushes, rain ponchos, deodorant, facemasks, snacks and water, sweatshirts, and a throw blanket.

“I wanted to gear these toward adults,” she said, and met with The Lord’s Table in Oneonta to visit people who go to eat and take shelter. She distributed all 24 packs in two days.

“People told me their stories,” she said. “One woman said she lived under a bridge and that she and the others huddle together for warmth and to look out for each other. One woman opened the backpack and the first thing she did was reach for the hairbrush so Oneonta Middle School student Elizabeth Reynolds prepared two-dozen backpacks to distribute she could brush her hair.” for free to homeless adults in the city as her 2021 Lenten observance. She’s hoping her work will The busy Oneonta inspire others to take up the challenge this year.

Middle School eighth grader, back this year for When 13-year-old Elizabeth Reynolds sat down to decide what to give up for Lent in 2021, the Catholic Oneonta full-time in-school learning along with the rest of her classresident decided to instead set out on a community service mates, faces a schedule this year too filled to take on the project to help the city’s hidden homeless population. She full-time backpack preparation work she began a year ago. wrote a letter to her family and friends outlining her plan She said she’s hoping her story will inspire others to take up —‘Backpacks for the Homeless’ — and ended up raising the challenge this Lent, which began this year on March 2.

Along with her classwork, she was elected one of two $1,000 in short order.

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Pathfinder Village invites local families to wear blue and yellow on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day 2022, celebrating the talents and inclusion of people with Down syndrome around the world.

The Edmeston open-access community and services provider was founded in 1980 to provide people living with Down syndrome and other disabilities an independent and fulfilling lifestyle. Pathfinder also offers educational, day services, pre-vocational, and outreach programs.

“We invite our neighbors to put out blue and yellow ribbons, make wreaths, or hang out colorful lights to show their support for those with Down syndrome,” said Pathfinder President and CEO Paul Landers of the Village’s “Color Our Community” observance. “Many people have enjoyed meaningful relationships and moments with individuals with Down syndrome who color our lives in unique and lasting ways. This is a fun way to show support and boost spirits.”

Pathfinder marks March 21 through a 21-day challenge it began on March 1 and will participate in the “Rock Your Socks” crazy socks day that is a mainstay of the global WDSD event.

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Masks, unmasked After we posted on Facebook the news on February 27 that Governor Kathy Hochul would lift the state’s indoor mask mandate for students and teachers in schools, one reader opined, “That mid-term variant.”

Laughs come hard these days, but that one got a hearty chuckle.

Cynical? You bet; in our opinion, not unduly so.

Sunday’s mid-afternoon announcement was not unexpected, but its timing quizzical given the fact that just two weeks ago, the Governor set a timetable that would see kids returning from winter break on February 28 and enduring a couple of COVID tests during the week so the state could, on March 4, look at the numbers and decide then what to do about masks.

Along came the CDC on Friday, February 25 with its new three-tiered low/medium/high risk calculation, throwing a giant wrench into the governor’s purported schedule. Well done for rush-releasing an active response to those new guidelines, arbitrary as they might be. Points deducted, though, for her absurdly passive-aggressive decision to eliminate the state mandate but leave it up to county governments to render the final decision as to whether they will require schools to keep the masks on indoors. That is not high-minded recognition of local control, it’s an abrogation of executive responsibility.

Political consideration seems to be grabbing the COVID wheel as we enter New York’s heavily-political season. Governor Hochul made the no-mask announcement just one day before the state’s Republicans convened to nominate Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin as their party’s backed candidate for governor.

Agree with them or not, New York Republicans have been clamoring for an end to COVID-related mandates for months now; Governor Hochul’s Sunday announcement looks like a clear effort to short-circuit at least one of the GOP’s talking points in the months to come.

Everyone in or aspiring to be in Albany is keeping a careful eye on the calendar now, what with primary elections on both sides of the aisle coming in late June and multiple candidates lining up to run for governor.

Governor Hochul looks strongest among the three Democrats currently chasing the office, but – longshot as it might seem today – Republicans see a once-in-ageneration chance to wrestle this office away from the Democrats – not to mention control of the United States House of Representatives and more than a few state legislative seats in this mid-term election year.

We don’t put a lot of stock in political polling results shared with the public, but when sudden sea change in public policy comes along, though, we suspect heavilyguarded internal polling results are telling consultants to tell their clients that a public fed up with all things COVID want to see things change pronto.

••• Regarding Ukraine: Far be it from a weekly newspaper out of upstate New York to think it has the soapbox tall enough to render a definitive opinion for all to hear on this horrible situation. We nonetheless are horrified

by Putin’s madman invasion of its neighbor and cannot deny cheering loudly for the president, soldiers, and people of Ukraine for their remarkable courage as they fight hard against unbelievable odds.

We salute Governor Hochul for her decision to halt New York State’s business dealings with Russia and with Russian state-sponsored entities and for taking all the steps she can to support Ukraine and the world in this untenable battle. And like all of our readers, we hope for a quick end to this terrible war.

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Lent, San Luis Obispo, and lobbying I’ve been a record collector for as long as I can remember. Among my earliest memories are those of my sister keeping toddler me entertained by stacking up her Beatles 45s and sitting me next to the record player.

I started vacuuming 45s from around age five whenever allowance and, later, paper-route income allowed; in Cooperstown, my money went to the record department at Newberry’s or down Main Street at the Richfield Stereo Center. Bresee’s, Jamesway, Record Town, and Barkers were my prime Oneonta targets.

Keep in mind we’re predating online immediacy by roughly 40 years here when I say I’d track down the more esoteric titles through mailorder catalogs that arrived from farflung addresses like San Luis Obispo, California, and Terre Haute, Indiana.

I’d send for the catalog — usually four pages of single-spaced delights unavailable locally — then carefully choose the one or two I could afford.

Down to the post office for a money order and stamp and, six weeks later, I’d get my new treasure in the mail.

One adolescent year, one of my brothers set the bar impossibly high (or so he thought) when he suggested I give up buying records for Lent. Our parents proudly raised us in a devout Catholic household; Lent carried appropriately great weight. After giving up candy with relative success for the 40-day observation, I figured I could go just fine without buying a record. I took the challenge.

The mistake was laying down the no-record gauntlet a few weeks before

Ash Wednesday. I had time to prepare.

Without thinking it necessary to tell anyone, I sat down with my catalog, found a couple of titles, bought the money order and the stamp, and sent my envelope off to California.

Six weeks later — we were three weeks into Lent and really feeling the pinch of giving up whatever it was we gave up — I got home from school one afternoon to find a little box that had come for me in that day’s mail.

Mom asked me what it was.

“Just a few records,” I said.

“You gave up buying records for Lent,” she reminded me.

“I did,” I agreed.

“I bought these before Lent.”

Cue the howls of objection from nearby siblings, who argued into the early evening that I should be disallowed from opening the box until Easter Sunday.

I stood my ground.

Technically, I demanded, I was keeping my Lenten sacrifice. I said I would buy no records during Lent. I bought these nearly two months ago, I said, well before Lent began.

Mom did not take sides. By this time in her life she had refereed enough sibling-on-sibling argument to leave it to us to work out through either a few hours of sniping or prolonged

periods of advanced sniping. It was always one or the other.

This one went on for a few days, if I recall correctly, but I stuck to my guns. It was not my fault they had arrived smack-dab in the middle of a dreary and unending March that just happened to coincide with the already-somber Lenten observance.

Not my fault, but quite possibly the result of deliberate pre-planning.

I plead guilty to Liturgical manipulation in the first degree.

Surely it was the first step on a slippery slope that found me on a career path to becoming a lobbyist for more than 30 years, wandering the halls of the Capitol in Albany arguing my case often on the merits, but occasionally on technicalities not too far afield from my original sin of calendar timing.

For those who observe, Lent begins this week. I’ve not yet decided what this year’s sacrifice will be — my Dad always would tell us he was giving up dancing for Lent, so maybe that.

I’d better be careful how I handle it, though — one never knows how the decisions we manipulate today will affect our futures.

richard sternberg, M.D.

Ukraine: stand up to totalitarianism

For almost two years I have been writing a column on COVID-19.

There is still a lot that can be written about it; I’ve read or reviewed almost 50 articles in the past week alone.

Most are technical but some discuss the various opinions about changes on restrictions and even whether to reclassify COVID from a pandemic to endemic.

Try as I might, right now I can’t focus on that.

There is a little-known journal called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, around for about 75 years.

On its cover each month there is a clock, the hands of which set to the perceived risk of nuclear war. The clock is now set to 100 seconds.

Throughout its entire history — including the worst periods of the cold war and threats between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the fifties and sixties when I was a child — it has never been closer to midnight. This is how mad our world has become.

Dr. Strangelove has nothing on this current lunacy.

At least when we were dealing with the “Evil Empire” of the Soviet Union there were checks and balances on both sides that could prevent the launching of nuclear war accidently or because of one unhinged individual.

The recent invasion of Ukraine

by Vladimir Putin in the name of “protecting a Russian minority in Ukraine” and “due to Ukrainian provocations” sounds like Hitler’s “reason” for launching the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. That is terrifying to me.

Putin has effectively stated that he wants to reconstitute the Soviet Union, and so far the rest of the world has been appeasing him. The world sat back while he invaded Crimea and supported what essentially have been puppet governments in Belarus and the separatists in eastern Ukraine, and exerted influence over other former Soviet republics.

Didn’t we learn anything from the Munich Agreement of 1938? The more you appease dictators the more they are going to try to grab and the longer they have to prepare to do so.

The west must cut Putin off from the rest of the world’s economic system immediately and completely, even if it causes short term financial pain to us. Sure, it will hurt our pocketbooks, even more so than that caused to date, but it may be the last opportunity to stop this madness before we get into a hot war with a megalomaniacal madman who might be willing to see everything and everybody around him burn rather than having to admit defeat. Sound familiar?

Despite a despotic police state arresting and jailing its own people, citizens in Russia are demonstrating for peace. The Russian stock market has been closed and when it reopens will be blocked from foreigners selling their investments effectively stealing them, the government reserve rate has jumped from 10 to 20 percent, and the ruble has never been worth less against western currencies.

We must show continued support, not just in the short term but over the long haul for Ukraine and the other stressed nations of the Earth in standing up to totalitarianism. We must help to rebuild the country.

Possibly we can pay for it from Russian assets won in court (the law suits have already been filed) and from government seizure. Remember, acquiescing to fear of what Putin does next will not prevent it, it will only delay it a little.

I am hopeful the Russian people and its military will realize what needs to be done to start to fix the problem and do so.

Dr. Richard Sternberg, retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 threat. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown.

LETTERS

Vladimir the Thug

History has bestowed names on Russian leaders like “Ivan the Terrible.”

Hot off the press, “Putin the Autocrat,” “Vladimir the Thug.”

Putin is KGB with Russian democracy as mere veneer. The fear Russian leaders have is of their own people, not Ukraine or the West. The Iron Curtain, now the Titanium Curtain. The free world must resist tyranny. We must support our European allies by preparing to initiate fuel rationing here at home to supplement NATO countries.

Gerry Welch Cooperstown

Oval Office doesn’t control price

The federal gas tax rate hasn’t changed in over two decades. Infrastructure crumbled because the gas tax has been too low.

The price of gas is not controlled from the Oval Office. That last gas spike occurred under Bush 2.0.

Got gas problems? Get a more fuel efficient car.

Chip Northrup Cooperstown

THURSDAY, mARCH 3, 2022

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

NEWS FROM THE NOTEWORTHY

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Marty Mann: A hero of women’s history

Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

210 YEARS AGO

Humanity! The ship Alknomac, Capt. Hicks, from Sligo, was cast on shore on Martha’s Vineyard about the middle of December last. Commodore Rodgers, in the President on a cruise, made a harbor there the same evening; and to his credit be it said, and particularly by Irishmen be it ever remembered, he generously gave the passengers, in number 80, two dollars each, and also offered them any further assistance they might require until they arrived at New York, their port of destination.

The gratitude of some of the passengers induced them immediately on their arrival to acquaint the subscriber with the circumstances and never did he give publicity to an act of humanity and good will with more satisfaction.

February 29, 1812

160 YEARS AGO

For Young Men – A Young Man’s First Lesson. I take it that the first great lesson a young man has to learn is, that he is an ass. The earlier this lesson is learned, the better it will be for his peace of mind and his success in life. Some never learn it, and descend into the evening of existence their ears lengthening with shadows, as they go. Some learn it early, get their ears cropped, and say nothing about it; while others sensibly retire into modest employments where they will not be noticed. A young man tied at home, and growing up in the light of parental admiration and fraternal pride, cannot readily understand how anyone can be as smart as he is. This is a critical period of his history. The result of his reasoning decides his fate. If he thoroughly comprehends the fact that he don’t know anything, and accepts the conviction that all the world around him knows more than he does, that he is but a cipher, and that whatever he gets must be won by hard work, there is hope for him.

February 28, 1862

125 YEARS AGO

It is indeed rare air to be among the ranks of those whose work continues to save lives long after leaving this world. While I tend to use the word hero sparingly in order to preserve its specialness, I use it purposefully here. Marty Mann is a hero worthy of note, especially in women’s history month.

If I guess correctly, most people will not know her name. Many women in recovery from addiction are aware of the role she played in their personal sobriety.

Marty was a successful editor, photojournalist, and art critic.

She traveled in well-heeled social circles and by all appearances had it made. However, the cold, unforgiving grips of the disease of alcoholism brought her to endless unsuccessful treatments, homelessness, and attempts at suicide.

I cannot imagine the horror of being a woman with alcoholism in the 1930s. There were terms like defectives, inebriates, and drunkards used as common descriptors for those who suffered. Women who struggled with addiction were labeled with far more demeaning terms and considered much harder to treat with less hope of recovery.

As a bright, intelligent, resourceful woman, Marty tried nearly every treatment over the years. An exasperated psychiatrist showed her literature about a small

group of alcoholics finding success through a self-help group meeting at the home of a man named Bill W. This changed everything.

Marty made her way to that group and found home; she found hope.

She became the first woman to achieve sobriety through the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The story could easily have ended there, with Marty going back to her socialite circles and living from photo shoot to art opening.

Thankfully, it did not. Marty became a woman with a mission.

In the years that followed, she traveled the country to speak to groups and individuals about alcoholism as a disease and not a moral failing. She worked with doctors, elected leaders, and influencers to drive home the message that the stigma associated with addiction had to be erased and replaced with a public health response.

Marty founded the organization that became National Council on Alcoholism (NCA), then later was named National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD). This organization was responsible for the development of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and modern Employee Assistance Programs. If you have an EAP at your place of work, you can tip your hat to Mrs. Mann.

There is clearly more to Mrs. Marty Mann than I can share in 600 words. And, of course, there is a much more nuanced conversation to be had about the use of the word “alcoholic” and the early medicalization of alcoholism.

As a culture, we understand vastly more than in those first days of stigma reduction and recovery advocacy. We’ll save that discussion for another time.

For me, her legacy will live as the trailblazer who forged the path for many women, like me, to find recovery in the aftermath of addiction. She made it possible to approach addiction as the public health issue that it is. Her work even helped to birth the organization that many of you know as LEAF. What gratitude we feel that a strong, well-spoken, brave woman made it okay to talk about recovery from addiction while absolutely believing that through education and advocacy it can be prevented for the next generation.

You can find more about Marty’s journey and impact in the book, A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann: First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Author of this column, Julie Dostal, is executive director of The LEAF Council on Alcoholism & Addictions, Oneonta.

BY Merl Reagle

The Perfect Gift…I’m sure you’ll get the idea presently ACROSS

March 5, 1887

110 YEARS AGO

The Work of the Editor – Most anyone can be an editor.

All an editor has to do is to sit at his desk six days in the week, four weeks of the month and twelve months in the year and edit such stuff as this: “Mrs. Jones of Lost Creek let a can opener slip last week and cut herself in the pantry.” “ John Doe climbed on the roof of his house last week looking for a leak and fell, landing on his back porch.” “While Harold Green was escorting Miss Violet Wise home from a church social last Saturday night a savage dog attacked them and bit Mr. Green on the public square.” “Isaiah Trimmer of Lebanon was playing with a cat last Friday when it scratched him on the veranda.”

“Mr. White, while harnessing a bronco last Saturday, was kicked just south of the corn crib.”

February 28, 1912

85 YEARS AGO

On Sunday, the frozen body of Miss Grace Curcio, aged 26 years, was found by a Boy Scout searching party on the John Hula farm under a clump of cedars several feet from the railroad track, a mile and a half from Jordanville.

The young woman had been missing from her home at Richfield Springs since February 15. The first examination by Coroner C.C. Whittemore of Ilion, did not reveal marks of violence. It was assumed the young woman, who was reported to have been ill, died of exposure. She had been dead several days the coroner said. The temperature the day she disappeared, after announcing she was going for a walk, was below freezing and there was considerable snow.

March 3, 1937

Solution: ‘‘The Last Name Game” (Feb. 24)

1 Fleece job 5 Icy coating 9 Deprive 12 Optometrist’s job 19 Alice’s balladeer 20 Perth pets 21 Gram or tome opener 22 Madonna’s kid 23 Perfect gift for a preacher?

25 Perfect gift for an attorney?

27 Emergency ___ Only 28 Russian sea 29 Kin of hombre 30 Actor Waterston 31 Perfect gift for a physicist?

35 Spiritual spinoffs 39 Rodent reaction 40 Glyphics opener 41 The third 43 Duc’s king 44 Hangs loose 48 Perfect gift for a female bioengineer?

52 Song sung solo 53 Brown shade 55 Gift coverage 56 Per unit 57 Perfect gifts for ambassadors?

63 It means “straight” 64 Customer alerts 65 Ball-whacking game 66 Double yellow, for one 67 Game of Clue suspect 69 Perfect gift for a carpenter?

72 Golden Triangle flowers 75 Show sorrow 76 Border 77 Finger-lickin’ estab.

80 “How about if ___ you halfway?”

81 Perfect gift for a knight?

84 Out-to-launch grp.

85 Without editing 87 Einstein’s birthplace 88 ___ uncertain terms 89 Perfect gift for a model train buff?

94 Jack the Ripper’s neighborhood 97 Plant that makes good straw 98 Herb drink 99 1959 Nobelist Severo 101 Defunct detergent 102 Hitches 104 Perfect gift for a plumber?

110 “I see” 112 Subatomic particle 113 Send out 114 Vitamin bottle abbr.

116 Perfect gift for an actor?

120 Perfect toppers for puzzle-book gifts?

122 “A poem lovely ___” 123 Dog doc 124 Concerning 125 Passing piece 126 Anagram of “Seattle” 127 85 Down units: abbr.

128 School kid 129 Warrior Princess of 1990s television DOWN 1 1940s actor from India 2 New, as bills 3 Woolf man 4 H2O, e.g.

5 Busted again 6 “See what ___, jelly bean?”

7 Muslim teacher 8 Rough amt.

9 Master all over again 10 Airy shoe style 11 Hateful human 12 Building wing 13 London louts 14 Steppe region 15 Ticket to the Big House 16 Citrus drink 17 Ring VIP 18 Spelled letter 24 Presentation prop

26 Common verb 29 Hook’s chum 32 Fit for a king 33 Prefix meaning “wood” 34 Costa ___ 36 Invent 37 Response to a riposte 38 Suck 42 Devilish one 44 Duchamp’s art school 45 Like Australia’s climate 46 Little bites 47 Places to shower 49 Scottish fabric 50 “Service” that makes the U.S. nervous 51 The Galloping Gourmet and others 54 On the pinnacle of 58 In the place cited: abbr.

59 Pouting grimace 60 Crossword creator’s role 61 Gifts from Goodyear 62 Like Gilligan 63 Gives the eye 67 Marie Tussaud, for one 68 Manipulates unfairly 69 Jungle weapon 70 Checker’s dance 71 Role for Jodie 72 Cars or horses 73 Certain Nebraskan 74 Former money of Spain

77 Lucci role 78 Sibelius, for one 79 Clump of dirt 81 In shape 82 The Women director George 83 Ms. Gaynor 85 That old thing?

86 Top Iranian, once 90 J ett Rink’s words about the oil in Giant 91 S langy fisherman (anagram of RESTOR’D) 92 Greets rudely 93 Sleuth Charlie 95 Willis’s role in Moonlighting, David ___ 96 Sch. officials 100 Opposed (to) 103 Horse speeds 105 Word of love, in Latin 106 Brazen 107 Overact 108 Investigation 109 That Drood dude 111 Bobbing on the briny 115 Cinema canine 116 ___ de tête (headache) 117 Sugar finale 118 Huge container 119 Worked (up) 120 Jazz club habitué 121 Mix it up with De La Hoya

THURSDAY, mARCH 3, 2022

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

Terry Berkson

The dog charmer

REMEMBERING HAGBORD

ALEX HAS SOME ISSUES

Several years ago, Anne Hornacek, lifelong native and former owner of the Park Inn in Richfield Springs, showed me a painting that she bought from my Aunt Ruta, who was selling her house and going to live with a relative in Detroit. It was a rough portrait of a man wearing a stylish wide-brimmed hat.

“I bought it because the man looks like my late father,” Anne said.

“That’s Hagbord,” I said.

“Who?” Anne asked, surprised.

“Hagbord Ekerold. He and his wife were good friends of my Aunt Ruta and Uncle William.”

“You’re putting me on,” Anne said.

“No,” I insisted. “I knew the Ekerolds” We looked at the portrait closely.

Sure enough, a pale inscription was in the lower right hand corner. It spelled out Hagbord. He was a giant of a man, a Scandinavian who stood about six feet five. His wife Helen used to paint. She was most likely the one who had done the portrait.

Helen was also an actress and used to perform at Duke’s Oak on the west side of Otsego Lake.

They were an odd pair, always dressing in clothing that looked more like costumes than clothes appropriate to care for the geese, ducks, goats and other animals they had on their place which was situated high on County Route 16 overlooking the Donnelly farm. Jim Donnelly recalled that the ducks and geese would wander down to his place. The Ekerolds would come after them but eventually some of their flock stayed

with the Donnellys.

When Hagbord was looking for a second hand car, Aunt Ruta was instrumental in helping him find a faded maroon 1949 Chevrolet convertible. It wasn’t the most practical car, especially in the winter. In warmer weather, when the Scandinavian

would take it for a ride, he’d wear driving goggles, I guess because his head topped the windshield.

They made for some crew one afternoon, pulling out of the driveway of my aunt’s house on Lake Street with the top down, Hagbord with his goggles, Aunt Ruta riding shotgun with her cane in front of her chin, Uncle William in back puffing on his pipe so that his smoke joined with the Chevy’s as they pulled away. Helen wore a scarf that was so long it was sticking dangerously out of the closed door.

A year or two later, the Ekerolds

left their place outside of Schuyler Lake and moved into an old schoolhouse over in Hartwick. They lined the building with shelves wall to wall and filled them with books.

Uncle William was a scholar and was impressed with some of the classics they had collected.

One late autumn day, as we stood in his den, Hagbord lifted a huge gun off the wall. I think he said it was a fifty caliber. It may have been a souvenir from an expedition he was once on, or maybe it was something he had acquired in his extensive travels. He could shoulder the gun as though it were only a 12 gauge. This was quite a feat. At age thirteen I could barely point the muzzle above the floor.

The expedition Hagbord told us about was to the North Pole. He was among the men who installed the first radio station up there. I was impressed but a bit skeptical and said, “Eskimos don’t have radios.”

“It was a strategic installation,” Hagbord explained. “For government and scientific use.”

I guess finding out that there was actually a real person behind the portrait made it more difficult for Anne Hornacek to imagine that it was a likeness of her father. Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything, because not long after I identified the man in the sketch, she gave it to me and I have it hanging on the wall at our camp. It serves as a great reminder of time spent in Richfield with my aunt and uncle and of the collection of unusual friends they had.

I stand corrected about the Eskimos.

They do listen to radios.

Cocktails-to-go under Albany review Continued from page 1 and they want a cocktail to go along with it, they’re not going to order an entire bottle of the stuff like they’d get from the liquor store. The convenience was the main feature the whole time.”

“Anything to help the industry along right now would be appreciated,” he said. “This would definitely be helpful.”

Representing liquor stores throughout New York, the state’s Metropolitan Package Store Association nonetheless blasted the budget proposal.

“In sharp contrast to the assumptions of some persons, the pandemic has been responsible for major losses in many of our businesses with a typical neighborhood wine and liquor store seeing foot traffic down 35-50 percent and double-digit sales losses for a sizeable number of our stores,” the association said in a prepared statement. “The proposed legislation would take what remains of these small businesses, their regular customers, and hand them over to another industry that is not being compelled to follow the same burdensome regulations for nothing in return.”

Dominick Purnomo co-owns Yono’s and dp An American Brasserie in Albany and is a board member for the state’s restaurant association. His close proximity to the Capitol puts him in a leading role advocating for the permanent change to the law and thinks this year’s state budget is the strongest vehicle for the chase.

Pointing to a poll showing 78 percent of New Yorkers support the effort, he said he has had conversations with liquor stores who tell him to-go drinks are “peanuts” and not the industry’s chief concern.

“They’re afraid that this is a slippery slope toward wine in grocery stores,” Mr. Purnomo said. “They don’t want to see stores that have licensed restaurants on-site to get the chance to sell drinks for customers to take off-premises.”

“Restaurants are going to charge more than retail for a bottle at the end of the night,” he said. “This is not a thing where we’d be competing with the mom-and-pop liquor store. This is if you want a Chianti to go along with the Italian dinner you’ve ordered to take out. A margarita with your tacos.”

Safety first, but joy on the ice Continued from page 1 After the safety check, he said, you get your gear and walk out on the ice. “I have a tent, heater and chair, so it’s pretty comfortable in the hut and out of the wind. You can use a type of fish radar if you want to locate schools of fish, then you start drilling holes in the ice. The holes are six-toeight inches in diameter.”

He continued, “You’re allowed to drill seven holes — five can be tip-ups, a little device that sits on the top of the ice and raises a tip to let you know you have a fish.”

The other two holes use ‘short rods’ meant for ice fishing.

“Short rods are about one-third the size of a normal rod,” Mr. Moore said. “You still get a good fight from the fish with these rods. When you hook a fish, they don’t just come up easily through the hole in the ice. They swim from side to side and can get locked up in grass or rocks, so it’s tricky.”

The experienced angler uses live bait for ice fishing.

“Flat heads, suckers, shiners, small mineral fish, meal worms and night crawlers work the best,” Mr. Moore said.

Area lakes also dictate which bait to use based on the depth and types of fish.

“Canadarago Lake is shallow, 35-40 feet,” he said. ”You’ll find walleye, perch, and bass there. But Lake Otsego goes to 160 feet deep — that’s where you get the good lake trout because they are colder water fish. Because of the depth of Lake Otsego, you’ll find a better variety and a broader spectrum of species.”

It can also be tricky out on the ice if you don’t know what you’re doing.

“The only time I was really scared was in the very beginning of my ice fishing career,” he said. “When it’s really cold, the ice “grows”, it makes this wicked cracking and groaning noises. I thought I was going through the ice, but when ice “grows”, it actually makes the ice thicker and stronger.”

“The worst part about ice fishing is pulling up a tip-up without gloves. If you have gloves on, you can’t feel the fish on the other end — you can’t feel where it’s going so you can predict what to do,” Mr. Moore said.

“By the time you get the fish through the hole, your fingers are frozen.”

“The best part is being out in nature and catching fish; it makes me happy. It also helps that I don’t mind being cold!” he said. “It’s all about the fishing and the challenge.”

Dear Tom, This is my 14-week old Golden Retriever, Alex, sitting on my four-year-old, Brady. You could say he’s been a bit of a problem child (Alex and Brady!).

Alex is a great pup in general, but as most pups his age, he seems to be rebelling and regressing in a few areas. The main thing we are concerned about is that he still is not housebroken.

He was doing so well up until about a week and a half ago. Since then, he has been having accidents (‘number one’) in the house three or four times a day, especially when the whole family is home.

We are being consistent and firm. I’m not sure what we are missing. Your expertise is certainly welcome and appreciated. I look forward to hearing your response as we need to nip this in the bud immediately!

Dennis Dear Dennis, People think it’s funny when I say, “It’s amazing how much of my life revolves around feces and urine!”

But, even if the dog loads the dishwasher, takes out the garbage, and does the laundry, if he’s pooping or peeing in the house it gets real old real fast!

Dogs, like wolves, have what’s called “den instinct,” meaning they don’t make where they eat and sleep. The expression “dirty dog” comes from the dog that will pee or poop in his crate and not care about lying in it. So the goal is to make the crate his den, which quickly expands to the room the crate is in, followed by the whole house becoming the den.

Dennis, you want Alex to love his crate, which is accomplished by feeding one or two of his meals in it, and luring him into it several times a day by saying “go to your house” (or whatever) and tossing treats into the crate. The crate is never to be used as a punishment!

Whenever Alex is not in the crate he needs to be observed. Always! An eight-paneled, three-foot high metal exercise pen will make it easy to keep him confined with somebody when he’s not in the crate. If he makes in the house without being caught in the act, you took a half step backwards. If you see him all of a sudden start to sniff intently, he’s likely looking for the right place to pee. If he starts kind of darting back and forth he’s about to poop.

Seeing either it’s time to say, “Alex, wanna go out?” and immediately take him out. The moment he finishes his business, tell him what a good boy he is with a treat.

Then bring him back in the house.

Ideally, the moment you see him start to relieve himself indoors you want to stop him with a firm “uh uh” or some kind of noise maker stopping him by startling him.

In the housebreaking mode, it might be a good idea to let him drag a flat four-foot nylon leash on a harness with the handle cut off (less likely to get caught on things) with which you can quickly pick up and head outside.

When he can’t be observed he’s lured into his den with treats.

Dogs are attracted to make where they smell it - and Alex has 200 million olfactory cells in his nose compared to our five million. Eliminating the odor of a mistake is important. Use an odor neutralizer like white vinegar or Natures Miracle to clean. Just as we don’t have meals in the bathroom, if Alex keeps making on the same spot, try feeding him several meals on that spot, incorporating that area as an eating area as opposed to a toilet.

If you’re diligent reliable housebreaking will follow quickly. Good luck and congratulations on your new family member!

Dog Charmer Tom

Bassett extends gratitude bonus to A.O. Fox, Tri-Town nurses Bassett Healthcare Network announced February 28 that registered nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital and A.O. Fox Hospital’s TriTown Campus will receive a one-time gratitude bonus in recognition of their dedication and hard work through the pandemic.

Bassett Healthcare Network announced “gratitude bonuses” last November for employees across the health system for the network’s nearly 5,000 caregivers and practitioners in recognition of their dedication and hard work through the COVID pandemic.

The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta published an opinion piece in its February 24 edition from Diane Earl, R.N., on behalf of Fox and Tri-Town nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association, questioning Bassett Healthcare’s decision to not include NYSNA nurses from the first bonus program.

“We understand that the stresses caused by the pandemic have been felt acutely by our nurses, and their contributions are deserving of our sincere appreciation during

these extraordinary times,” said Tommy Ibrahim, M.D., M.H.A., President and CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network. “After a review of the current situation, we have reached an agreement with New York State Nurses Association to pay gratitude bonuses to our registered nurse employees at A.O. Fox Hospital and A.O. Fox’s Tri-Town Campus who are covered by the NYSNA collective bargaining agreement.”

NYSNA told The Freeman’s Journal/ Hometown Oneonta their nurses were

“happy to hear the news.”

“The A.O. Fox and Tri-Town nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association are pleased to hear that they will now receive the bonus that other Bassett employees received – without sacrificing anything in return,” the union said.

“This gesture of appreciation and fairness is welcome news, and we look forward to working together more productively to achieve our mutual goal of providing quality care to all patients.”

LEGALS

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Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Glimmerglass Move Managers, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/15/22.

Cty: Otsego.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served and shall mail process to 191 Skillen Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of The Great Crayon Project LLC filed w/ SSNY 2/21/22.

Off. in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served & shall mail process to the LLC, 352 Main St, #1204, Oneonta, NY 13820.

Any lawful purpose.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice VILLAGE ELECTION NOTICE 2022 March 15, 2022 1. The Village of Cooperstown constitutes one election district and the polling place for such district shall be at the Village Fire Hall, 24 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, New York.

2. The hours during which the polls shall be open for voting are 12:00 noon to 9:00 pm. on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

3. The names of all those who have been duly nominated in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Election Law for the Village Office whose certificates of nomination have been duly filed with the Village Clerk, and that the office for which they have been nominated are as follows: Mayor: One position – Two (2) year term: Democratic Party: Ellen Tillapaugh, 80 Beaver St., Cooperstown Many Voices, One Village Party: Ellen Tillapaugh, 80 Beaver St., Cooperstown Trustee: Two positions – Three (3) year term: Democratic Party: Richard Sternberg, 2 Westridge Road, Cooperstown Sydney Sheehan, 69 Beaver St., Cooperstown Many Voices, One Village Party: Richard Sternberg, 2 Westridge Road, Cooperstown Sydney Sheehan, 69 Beaver St., Cooperstown Dated: February 28, 2022 JENNA L. UTTER VILLAGE CLERK

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VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607-5472411 Email: jutter@ cooperstownny.org 1LegalMar.3 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Hooker Valley Farm LLC. Filed 1/27/22.

Office: Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: 1053 Co Rd 42, Maryland, NY 12116. Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Bklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: General.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Qualification of Cardinal Green Investments LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/22.

Office location: Otsego County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/1/19.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Erin Tulley, 2500 Sand Hill Road, Ste 240, Menlo Park, CA 94025. DE address of LLC: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, #4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

6LegalApr.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ISMALIA HOLDINGS, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 11/18/21.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: C/O Hrbek Law LLC, 295 Madison Ave., 22nd FL, NY, NY 10017 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMar.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Arts. of Org. of SSH Alliance, LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on August 3, 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr., #100, Sacramento, CA 95833, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

Purpose: All legal 6LegalMar.31

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Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO: EF2021-448 D/O/F: 06/25/2021 Premises Address: 1 Weidman Street Unadilla, NY 13849 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff, -againstRONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an intertest in, or General or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely; the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all person deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; CHARLES MOHR AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR A/K/A RONALD THOMAS MOHR; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; ADVANCED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action,

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and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Brian D. Burns, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Otsego County, entered January 21, 2022 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded on October 25, 2006 in Document Number: 200600049831 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Advanced Financial Services, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment of mortgage dated June 23, 2016 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2016-3245 on July 14, 2016. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to Plaintiff by assignment of mortgage dated July 20, 2017 and recorded in Instrument Number: 2017-4233 on September 6, 2017.

Said premises are commonly known as 1 Weidman Street, Unadilla, NY 13849 bearing tax map designation: Section: 334.15, Block: 1, Lot: 30.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

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YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE: (1) that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection efforts, including, but not limited to: i. the use or threat of violence; ii. the use of obscene or profane language; and iii. repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.

(2) If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: 1. Supplemental security income, (SSI); 2. Social security; 3. Public assistance (welfare); 4. Spousal support, maintenance (alimony) or child support; 5. Unemployment benefits; 6. Disability benefits; 7. Workers’ compensation benefits; 8. Public or private pensions; 9. Veterans’ benefits; 10. Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11. Ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days.

TO THE DEFENDANTS, except THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: THE ESTATE OF RONALD T. MOHR: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose

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the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: Jan. 24, 2022 Cynthia A. Nierer, Esq. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101 Syosset, New York 11791 516-921-3838#99145 4LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Brigadoon Staffing LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/08/2021.

Office Location: Otsego County.

SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Brigadoon Staffing LLC, 6959 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of DuBois Timber Frames LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/05/2022.

Off. Loc.: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 381 CO HWY 36A Schenevus NY 12155.

Purpose:any lawful.

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW 1. The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is Good Taste Associates LLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 4, 2022.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: 230 Nichols Rd, Gilbertsville, NY 13776.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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Formation of ROSEANNE’S PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/27/2022.

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, 26 College Ter., Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

6LegalMar.24 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of SPC Management LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/13/17.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process on behalf of the LLC c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business of Reg Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklynn, NY 11228.

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ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JASON T. PURCELL A/K/A JASON PURCELL, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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NAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and JOHN DOE, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Brian D. Burns, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 27th day of January, 2022 at Cooperstown, New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: SBL: 53.00-1-5.03 ALL that tract or parcel of land situate and being in the Town of Otsego, County of Otsego and State of New York, located in Stewarts Patent, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the center line of pavement of County Route No. 26 with the center line of Brick House Road, “PK” nail set;

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THENCE North 34 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West, along the said center line of County Route No. 26, a distance of 365 feet “PK” nail set; THENCE North 53 degrees 49 minutes 50 seconds East, along the division line between lands belonging to Dykstra and this parcel, through an iron rod found, a distance of 262.75 feet, iron rod set; THENCE South 48 degrees 35 minutes 53 seconds East, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell and the parcel, through an iron rod set, a distance of 249.16 feet, “PK” nail set in the center line of Brick House Road; THENCE along the said center line of Brick House Road, North 34 degrees 31 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance of 117.50 feet, “PK” nail set, and North 37 degrees 49 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 107.50 feet, “PK” nail set; THENCE South 42 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds East, through an iron rod set, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell and this parcel a distance of 517.71 feet, iron rod set; THENCE South 48 degrees 00 minutes 10 seconds West, along the division line between lands belonging to Purcell, lands belonging to Van Leuven, and this parcel, through an iron rod set, a distance of 679.54 feet, “PK” nail set; THENCE along the aforementioned center line of County Route No. 26, the following three courses and distances: North 18 degrees 02 minutes 31 seconds West, 105.00 feet; North 20 degrees 54 minutes 17 seconds West, 150.00 feet; North 31 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds West, 150.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. EXCEPTING and RESERVING from the above described parcel, all lands deeded or dedicated for highway purposes.

Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 114 Brick House Road, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 4LegalMar.3 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNDER NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW (“LLCL”) 1. The name of the professional service limited continued Pg. 8

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OBITUARIES

Barbara Calabrese, 77

Edward Rhyde, 85

September 30, 1944 – February 22, 2022 OTEGO - Barbara years, Clyde Bliss.

Calabrese, age 77, She is also of Otego, N.Y., survived by 3 chilpassed away on dren whom she Tuesday, February loved as her own, 22, 2022 peacefully several grandin her home while children, great being cared for by grandchildren and even one greatClyde, Michael Barbara and Jessica Bliss. great grandchild, Calabrese Barbara was born all whom she on September 30, 1944 to loved and adored, as well Frank and Evelyn Insetta in as several nieces, nephews Brooklyn, N.Y. and cousins.

Barbara was predeceased Barbara enjoyed many by both of her parents and things as long as she was her brother, John Insetta. with her family and close She is survived by her friends, especially Bingo, longtime companion and family gatherings and best friend of almost 50 picnics, all which included

May 7, 1936 – February 15, 2022

her other favorite hobby of taking photos. She enjoyed crafting with yarn and always had a creative handmade gift for any occasion.

She loved the N.Y. Yankees, talking about meeting Derek Jeter with her grandson.

No funeral or memorial service is immediately planned. The family will notify loved ones in the future when a Celebration of Life will be held.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www. grummonsfuneralhome. com for the Calabrese family.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Edward Rhyde passed on February 15, 2022. He was born in Cooperstown on May 7, 1936 to Rufus and Esther (Pope) Rhyde of Richfield Springs.

The youngest of three children, Edward attended Richfield Springs school until the sixth grade when he quit school to help on the family farm.

Edward worked at many different places in Richfield springs including The Gunset Ski Bowl, LD Whipple Construction, and more. He then worked for

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from Pg. 7 liability company (“LLC”) is SHERWOOD PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC. 2. The date of filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is February 2, 2022.

3. The County within the State of New York in which the principal office of the professional service LLC is to be located is Otsego County.

4. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as agent of the professional service LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the professional service LLC served upon him or her is: 357 COUNTY HIGHWAY 4, UNADILLA, NY 13849.

5. The character or purpose of the business of the professional service LLC is any purpose allowed by law.

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Notice of Formation of

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Journey Into Holistic Healing LLC. Filed 12/29/21.

Cty: Otsego.

SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 2787 Co Hwy 18, S New Berlin, NY 13843.

Purp: any lawful.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ROSEBOOM WINERY LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/17/22.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business loc: 3473 St Hwy 166, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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Name: William Craft Construction LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 01/24/2022.

The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: William Craft, 502 Lougheed Rd, Oneonta, NY 13820.

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

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Rotach and Edward and Hudson Frost; daughter-inlaw, Linda Taylor O’Malley; one niece and two nephews.

The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to the doctors, nurses and staff on South 2 at Willow Point Nursing Home. Their care and dedication will always be remembered.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Huntington Memorial Library, Oneonta, N.Y. or the American Cancer Society.

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his 3 children Vicky Mead and family of Richfield Springs, Penny Stevens and family of Vernon, N.Y., and Bryan Rhyde and family of Richfield Springs, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Ottman Funeral Home in Cherry Valley.

Calling hours 10 a.m. till 12 on March 5, 2022; funeral will follow at noon.

Instead of flowers, contributions may be made to the Richfield Volunteer Ambulance or Springfield First Responders in Edwards name.

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December 16, 1927 – February 15, 2022 ONEONTA - She insatiable enthuwas born December siasm for reading.

16, 1927 in Salem, She was predeN.Y., the daughter ceased by her of Harry and Anna husband, William; Currey. daughter,Margaret; She graduated and son, Edward. from Washington Marie is survived Academy in Salem, by a daughter, N.Y., in 1945, from Marie O’Malley Mary and Steven Oneonta Normal Opie, Chenango School (SUCO) in 1949 and Forks and a son, William of St. Rose’s College, Albany, Mahwah, N.J.; three grandN.Y., in 1964. daughters, Anna and Will She taught interme- Rotach, Oviedo, Fla., Eileen diate Special Education for and Teddy Peet, Elmira and 32 years for the Oneonta Marie and Derric Frost, School District and Catskills Scottsdale, Ariz.; five great Area BOCES in the Watkins grandchildren, Nicholas House, the old Oneonta and Christina Peet, Brigid Jr. High School, Riverside School and Greater Plains School.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church since 1945. She was a member of St. Mary’s Altar Rosary Society, Young At Heart, Otsego County Retired Teachers Society and a life member of the Oneonta Elks Club.

Marie will be remembered for her love and devotion to her family and students. Her joy of all things in Nature, traveling with her family and friends, campfires and her

Berrett Paving in Litchfield where he spent over 25 years before he retired.

He was married twice before he married Barbra Rose Johnson on August 6 1983. Ed and Barb resided in Richfield for a time before then moved to East Springfield until Ed moved back to Richfield in 2012.

Edward was preceded by his parents and wife Barbara who passed away in 1999 and by two brothers, Donald Rhyde who passed away in 1975 and Douglas Rhyde in 2017.

Edward is survived by

Dr. Emery Herman Dr. Emery C. Herman of Cooperstown passed away Saturday February 26, 2022, at the age of 92. He was born July 24, 1929.

A complete obituary will be released at a later date and Celebration of Life gathering will be announced in the future.

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Kitchen LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with the Secretary of State (SSNY) was 09/30/2021.

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 158 Brookline Road Ballston Spa NY 12020.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: DOG WILD PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location:

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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 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: DOG WILD OF COOPERSTOWN LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 27 January 2022.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail

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copy of process to PO Box 410, Richfield Springs, NY 13439.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of MEADOW CREST COMMUNITY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/26/22.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1455, Oneonta, NY 132820.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.10 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Baccello Plumbing & Heating LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of

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New York (SSNY) on 01/09/2022 Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5001 ST HWY 23 STE PMB 190 Oneonta NY 13820 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

6LegalMar.3 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Rolling Hills Rentals, LLC Office Location: Otsego County N.Y. Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 18, 2022.

SSNY is designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and SNNY shall mail process to Rolling Hills Rentals, LLC located at 139 Quinn Road, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 6451 County Highway 18, West Winfield, NY 13491.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.3 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of ONEONTA ADVENTURE CLUB LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/13/22.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 139 Collins Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820, which

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Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalMar.3 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Andrew Hunt Contracting LLC The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on July 20th, 2021.

OFFICE LOCATION: Otsego County.

The Secretary of state is designated as Agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 157 Canham rd, South New Berlin, NY 13843.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Westchester group sparks GoFundMe effort to save Cooper murals Time is running out on the James Fenimore Cooper murals hanging on the walls of a Westchester County high school, but the county’s Historical Society has pushed its effort to rescue the paintings into high gear as an April 1 deadline draws near.

The Society’s past president, Carol Akin — a summertime Cooperstown resident — said Mamaroneck High School granted a two-week delay on construction originally slated to begin March 15. Now they’re rushing to raise the $175,000 necessary to save the murals through a GoFundMe page and a public relations push to keep awareness and interest at a peak throughout the month of March.

“We raised $21,000 in the first week,” Mrs. Akin told The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta. “It’s helpful, but at that rate, we aren’t going to make it.”

The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta first reported on the mural standoff The Mamaroneck Historical Association leads a fundraising effort in an attempt to capture the several weeks ago as word spread of the high $175,000 they estimate they need to save eight historic murals slated for destruction beginning school’s plan to cover — and in some cases, April 1. hang the murals, it’s just a big and expendestroy — eight Depression-era murals learning labs.

“Two or three of the murals would be sive job to take them down and relocate depicting scenes from James Fenimore them.” destroyed in the reconstruction,” Mrs. Akin Cooper’s Leatherstocking novels. The She said the murals today are framed murals stand in the way of the Mamaroneck said. “The rest will be covered up. We think High School’s plans to build new computer we have enough places around the area to and glued firmly to the wall, necessitating

lead abatement and other costly procedures, including transporting and storing the artwork. The Society’s website says “(t)his massive installation of public art has been seen by thousands of students over the past 81 years. The murals communicate to students their connection to literature, art, to the history of our county, and to pride in their hometown.”

Cooper scholars point to his life in Mamaroneck as husband to Susan DeLancey as having an important impact on his novels and writing, building the Cooperstown connection.

For Mrs. Akin, it’s not the first time she has had to fight to save remnants of downstate’s Cooper history. She first joined the Historical Society, she said, after working on fundraisers to save the DeLanceyCooper House in Mamaroneck several years earlier.

“I came to the realization of how we have to fight hard to save history in the face of progress,” she said. “That connection to our past is so important.”

The Society’s website — www.mamaroneckhistoricalsociety.org — includes indepth information about the Cooper mural project and links to its GoFundMe page.

Bassett relaxes emergency visit restrictions Bassett Healthcare Network partially lifted visitation restrictions in its emergency departments across the region effective March 1, 2022.

This includes A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, A.O. Fox Hospital’s TriTown Campus in Sidney, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, and O’Connor Hospital in Delhi.

Under the rules announced March 1, patients will be permitted to have one visitor with them during their time in

the emergency department. The visitor must stay in the room unless otherwise directed by their loved one’s care team.

All visitors must also follow appropriate measures with personal protective equipment (PPE). In general, visitors must be at least 12 years old except in rare situations approved by the patient’s care team.

Extenuating circumstances will continue to be considered on a caseby-case basis for patients who may also need support persons, including children, people who are cognitively impaired, and others.

These situations will be at the discretion of the patient’s care team.

Full visitation and support person guidelines for all areas across Bassett Healthcare Network — including hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities — are available on www. bassett.org.

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Catskill Symphony brings popular Oneonta Little League opens ‘cabaret’ night back on March 26 Spring 2022 registration

Catskill Symphony Orchestra Music Director, Maestro Maciej Żółtowski, will finally have his chance to conduct the full orchestra.

Pandemic restrictions prohibited it, but this year, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra picks up where it left off and presents its annual Cabaret Concert and Guest Conductor Competition fundraiser with headliner Mandy Harvey on Saturday, March 26 at SUNY Oneonta’s Alumni Field House.

They’re doing it with flair, of course — presenting the same program they had planned for the 2020 Cabaret that was cancelled by COVID shut-downs just two days before its performance. CSO Executive Director Cassandra Miller said the event marks a new and special rebirth for the Orchestra.

“It’s the first time the entire symphony will have been together for a performance in two years,” she said. “We’ll have the full group of more than 50 musicians on the same stage, and it’s the first time the new Maestro will conduct the group as one.”

Maestro Maciej Żółtowski became the new conductor of the CSO for its 2021-22 season.

“It’s an event the community really looks forward to, not just to hear our impressive orchestra perform popular music with a headliner, but because people love the guest conductor competition,” said CSO board chair Sarah Patterson.

This year’s guest conductor candidates: Dr. Tracy Allen, a dean at SUNY Oneonta (“The Geologist”), Stagecoach Coffee coowner Matt Grady (“The Connoisseur”), and former Director of Oneonta Public

Transit Paul Patterson (“The Fleetmeister”).

Whichever of the three raise the most funds for the Orchestra wins the privilege of conducting the Cabaret’s finale, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

“People do love the competition,” Ms. Miller said. “The candidates get all kinds of creative putting together their pitch to try to win the conductor’s baton for that finale. It’s great fun!”

The annual fundraiser attracts big crowds each year, and Ms. Miller said the CSO will this year take careful precautions to follow public health protocol. At press time, she said they plan to require guests to wear masks during the event and will spread tables throughout the Field House — accommodating fewer guests but acknowledging social distancing requirements.

A silent auction kicks off the evening at 6 p.m. with Oneonta radio host Leslie Ann Parmerter as emcee, with the concert beginning at ‘America’s Got Talent’ final- 7 p.m. in a ist Mandy Harvey adds her performance jazz-pop vocal stylings to the of Slavonic night’s special lineup.

Dances by Dvorak and A Night in Venice Overture by Strauss. The guest conductor candidates make their final appeals before intermission, followed by the second half of the concert featuring jazz-pop vocalist Mandy Harvey; she’ll sing popular songs ranging from standards (“In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning”) to contemporary classics like Radiohead’s “Creep,” backed by her band and the orchestra.

Ms. Harvey was a golden-buzzer winner on America’s Got Talent in the popular show’s 12th season, an inspirational speaker who lost her residual hearing at the age of 19. She tours the world performing her original music and presenting her never-give-up story.

Tickets for the event are $50 and include the concert and light refreshments. Visit www.catskillsymphony.org/cabaret for more information and tickets and/or to vote for guest conductor candidates.

Oneonta Little League invites kids aged 4-12 of all abilities who live or attend school within its territory to register for its Spring 2022 season.

Visit the league website at www. oneontalittleleague.org for registration information.

Players who are League-age 10, 11, or 12 must register no later than March 15, as do players League-age 9 who wish to try out for the Major division. The registration fee for the Major, Minor, and Bantam divisions is $50 plus a processing fee; registration for the Tee Ball division is $25 plus a processing fee. In its effort to make Oneonta Little League programs available to all eligible children, financial aid is available.

The Spring 2022 Division Levels are as follows:

T-Ball Ages 4 to 5. An entry-level division for players League Age 4-5, in Kindergarten, or younger. Players must be 4 years old before August 31, 2022, in order to register for T-Ball.

Bantam Ages 6 to 7. An instructional division for players League Age 6-7.

Minor Ages 8-11 (Machine/Player Pitch).

An advanced instructional division of players League Age 8-11. 12 year olds may play in this division with the approval of parents/guardians, the League Board of Directors and Little League International.

Majors Ages 10-12 (Player Pitch). A competitive division for players who are League Age 10-11-12. Players who are League Age 9 may attend tryouts and may be eligible to play in this division based on enrollment, player safety, and play ability.

Players who are League Age 10-11-12 and who Chuck Gould have not previously played in this division must attend tryouts.

The league’s territory includes all of the Oneonta City School District and portions of Davenport, Franklin, East Meredith and Treadwell. All children aged 4-12 who attend school in Oneonta City Schools or Franklin Central School are eligible to play in Oneonta Little League, regardless of home address. To be sure that a residence is within OLL territory, please enter your physical address in the League Finder tool (https://www.littleleague.org/ play-little-league/league-finder/).

League Age for 2022 is a player’s age on August 31, 2022. To check a player’s League Age, please see the 2022 League Age Chart (https://www.littleleague.org/ downloads/2022-baseball-age-chart/).

Tryouts for the Major division will occur after March 15. Major and Minor division play will begin in late April. Bantam and Tee Ball play will begin in early May. Visit the Oneonta Little League webpage at oneontalittleleague.org for more detailed information. Email oneontalittleleague@ gmail.com with questions.

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