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he Village Board candidates had been discussing budgets and infrastructure, when resident Jessie Ravage, Delaware Street, jumped in. “Three-quarters of the population has not cleared their sidewalks,” she said, red-faced, her voice rising. “Why aren’t we enforcing that law?” The Republican challenger, John Sansevere, Please See 20 CITED, B4

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henever Kim Daley laces up her running shoes, she’s not thinking of how many miles she has to run or when she’ll cross the finish line – she’s thinking of Boston. “The Boston Marathon bombing really hit home for me,” she said. “I’ve been a runner ever since then, and every time I run, I think of Boston.” Daley, a former Cherry Valley-Springfield soccer player now living in Newton, Mass., took up long-distance Please See RUNNER, B4

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Young Lady Hawkeyes Varsity Basketball fans – front to back, Rory Nelen, Melissa Schuermann, Meagan Schuermann (face hidden), Hannah Craig and Lauren Vibbard – lift aloft portraits of their heroes during Cooperstown’s 47-33 victory Saturday, March 7, in Syracuse.

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IF YOU GO: The Lady Hawkeyes play Watkins Glen in state quarter-finals at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena. makes the Lady Hawkeyes the Section 3 sectional champions. “We didn’t

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Bev Hargrove, center, celebrated 25 years of service to the Cooperstown emergency squad with a grand total of 4278 calls. Highpoints included delivering a baby in a car, and helping battle the massive 2003 fire that consumed the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home. Here, she is surrounded by well-wishers Monday, March 2, at a reception at the fire hall.

ichard Abbate, the county Democratic chairman, was appointed Democratic election commissioner by the county Board of Representatives at its Wednesday, March 4, meeting. He succeeds Hank Nicols, Cooperstown. Abbate was appointed to serve out Nicols’ final year, but said he will seek appointment to a full term after that. His Republican counterpart is Sheila Ross, Fly Creek. In addition to chairing the county committee, he is on the state Democratic Committee and on its Rural Conference Committee. A Cooperstown resident since 2003, he has been active in politics since the

Let’s Continue Moving Forward! Cindy Falk

• Author of four funded Village grant applications resulting in $2.35 million dollars • Advocate for alternative revenue sources to offset property tax increases. • Supporter of increased efficiency for financial and environmental sustainability. • Backer of clear and rational zoning, parking and other local laws. • Trained historian and preservation professional with a passion for Main Street and Doubleday Field. • Wife of Firefighter Glenn Falk and mother to two children at CCS.

1970s, when he worked on one of New York Mayor Ed Koch’s campaigns. Before moving up from Staten Island, he had retired from the DEC, where he was in charge of the Manhattan and Bronx investigation unit. He had also been Abbate management, safety and transportation supervisor at Staten Island University Hospital. And he is a former business owner, having operated a restaurant on Staten Island. He and wife Rosemarie have two sons, Dominick, 15, and Rich, 14, who are students at CCS.

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• Author of Village Statement Against Hydrofracting in New York State • Early Supporter of solar power projects for Cooperstown • Initiated effort to make Doubleday Field pesticide-free. • Advocate for local businesses and making downtown a social destination • Representative for Cooperstown in State’s Regional Development Council Workshops. • Married to Eileen and together raised three children in Cooperstown.

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Opt Out CNY’s Jamie McNair urges 70 parents in Cooperstown Village Hall Sunday, March 8, not to participate in Common Core testing.

ooperstown received a full immersion experience in the “Common Core” over the past week, as Oneonta has for the past year. This latest heightening of concerns came out of Governor Cuomo’s Jan. 21 State of the State speech: “It is incongruous that 99 percent of teachers were rated effective, while only 35.8 percent of our students are proficient in math and 31.4 percent in English language arts. “How can so many of our teachers be succeeding when so many of our students are struggling?” In place of evaluations, Cuomo is proposing a wiggle-free alternative: Rate teachers on Common Core test scores. Fall below par for two years, you lose your job, a husband-wife team from Opt Out CNY told a packed house in the Cooperstown Village Board meeting room Sunday afternoon, March 8. And if the scores further show individual schools are consistently failing, the state can put them in receivership – i.e., take them over. ● The Opt Out representatives, teachers Jamie and Jessica McNairs, spoke to 70 parents in Cooperstown Villages Hall Sunday, March 8. They argued the governor and his “hedge fund

ut to succeed, Common Core must not be doctrinaire, but flexible and fair to all. manager” campaign contributors who are investing in charter schools want to dismantle public education as we know it. The “Failing Public Schools” report suggests a different motivation: Since 1997-98, spending on public schools is up 115 percent, almost three times more than the Consumer Price Index (41 percent). New York’s $19,552 per pupil is 84 percent more than the national average of $10,608. The results don’t reflect that investment. New York’s graduation rate is 33rd in the nation. In 2014, only 38 percent of high school students were deemed college ready. Not only is the growing investment unsustainable, it isn’t getting better results. ● Sensible people can agree on Cuomo’s analysis, and many even on his two-strikes-and-you’reout solution. What local parents, teachers and school administrators can also agree on is that the Cuomo Administration’s current proposal is hasty, and the pieces

aren’t in place to ensure the system is fair. In fact, it’s unfair, said Cooperstown Central Executive Principal Lynn Strang, pointing out the Common Core only covers English and math in grades 3-8, so the evaluation system can apply only to them. “That’s not what the developers of the rubrics” – the Common Core – “had in mind,” added Oneonta City Schools Superintendent Joe Yelich. “Their strategy was to use their framework to improve instruction, not as a hammer to teachers.” Both advised waiting until the Common Core is fully in place, which makes sense. Cuomo wants the state Legislature to act by April 1. That’s much too hasty. Still, evaluations are accountability. Basing them on tests, if the tests are true reflection of reality, is better than subjective – and, frankly, universally skewed – boss-employee evaluations. Cuomo’s onto something. ● That said, Opt Out CNY’s solution is a mistake. The McNairs asked parents to refuse to allow their children to take the tests next month. “If you deny the access to the test scores, the whole thing falls apart,” said Jamie McNair, who was president of the New

Hartford NYSUT chapter for five years. There was a like impetus to the “Because I Care” rally in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza on Feb. 26. “That is part of our solution – the way that public schools are being discredited through these false test scores – to remove the data,” said Danielle Boudet of the Oneonta Area for Public Education Group. Last year, 20 percent of Oneonta students declined to take the test. Only six children from two families did in Cooperstown. Last August, Cooperstown Elementary was designated a “Rewards School,” among the top 20 percent in the state. Let’s try to make the new system work for us. The relative failure of U.S. schools compared to other industrialized nations is much commented upon, which led the National Governors’ Association to come up with the Common Core concept in the first place. Testing, upgrading, testing, upgrading seems a sensible way to measure progress, particularly in essential math and science skills. Otherwise, we’re flying blind. Testing isn’t everything. Can creativity, energy, ambition be quantified? Certainly not. But we’re embarked on a promising experiment. No one’s proposing an alternative, except returning to

a failed model. Parents should not opt their children out. Let the children take the test. Let the data guide. Let’s experiment, and adjust, and experiment. Cuomo’s evaluation reforms have little chance of passing, and that’s good. To improve, you must measure – and make sure the measurements are relevant and fair to all. ● One unsettling note. Some CCS parents appeared to be looking for a scapegoat, and Executive Principal Strang’s name was mentioned a few times at the Wednesday, March 4, CCS board meeting attended by 100 parents and teachers. Strang was brought in a year and a half ago to implement the Common Core and – judging by the Rewards School designation – she’s succeeding. As a change agent, Strang’s vulnerable. Every human being would rather continue doing things the way they always have. Let’s not get carried along by anger at Cuomo’s provocative proposals. Strang’s doing what the CCS school board hired her to do, and doing it well. The school directors need to stand with her and not run away from a sensible strategy. Wait to reassess, if necessary, until passions cool.

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Prepared, Hardworking, Creative Falk Deserves Reelection To the Editor, I am writing to support the candidacy of Cindy Falk for a second term as trustee of the Village of Cooperstown. This endorsement is based on two years’

experience working with her on the Village Board and on several committees. Cindy is always prepared, very hard working and extremely creative in locating funding for the village for

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major projects. Her knowledge of grant sources and the complex application and follow-up processes have brought approximately $2 million to the village for projects that would not have been possible otherwise. She has also been instrumental in reducing costs of operating the streets department and has proposed a program of aggressive street repairs in the next budget. The next two years will see major improvements along Main Street from Pine Boulevard to River Street as a result of the grant money

that Cindy has obtained. Cindy has made sure that there will be multiple consultations in the coming weeks where we can all comment and make suggestions before the designers and engineers lock into critical aspects of the remaining portions of the Main Street project. Cindy is in the best position to see these projects through to a successful conclusion. I urge you to vote for Cindy Falk for Trustee on Wednesday, March 18. LOU ALLSTADT Village Trustee

Sign On To NYSEG’s Wind Initiative To the Editor: The Village of Cooperstown recently passed an initiative to take action to address climate change and encouraged other government agencies to do the same. Bravo. The Hall of Fame, Bassett Hospital, Dreams Park and The Otesaga should follow suit. They could all do what we do: opt into NYSEG’s wind energy program, which offers residential, commercial and institutional customers the option to get their electrical power from wind power. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown

Cuomo Seeks To Shift Teachers’ Evaluations From Here To Albany To the Editor: I am opposed to Governor Cuomo’s proposal to change the way teachers are evaluated in New York State. To summarize, if implemented, the grades 3-8 standardized tests would no longer count 30 percent, but 50 percent of Cuomo at State of State a teacher’s score. Addition- ability to tend to the indially, Cuomo wants another vidual needs of students and 35 percent of a teacher’s to teach creatively, because score to come from an they are so concerned with outside evaluator, leaving the results of one test. only 15 percent to the local Not only that, but there school district. appears to be a climate of While I do believe that fear in place – fear of speakteachers should be evaluated ing truth about the Common in some way, this is not at Core to the BOE and to all just, and it has serious parents, even in the face of a implications for the day-tobroken system of teaching to day work of the classroom. the test. Teachers already feel forced This climate of fear is to teach to the test, and this something the BOE must new system would make examine, or we risk losing that even worse. our very best teachers and Over the last couple of creating a generation of chilyears I have witnessed dren who have no idea that among the teachers a growlearning involves more than ing frustration with the filling in a set of bubbles. constraints placed on them KIM JASTREMSKI by the Common Core curCooperstown riculum, which limits their

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

200 YEARS AGO

State Prison Report – The inspectors of the State Prison report that the prisoners, remaining in prison on the 31st December, 1813, were 393. Prisoners received into prison during the year 1814, 214 making a total of 707. Prisoners discharged: by expiration of sentence in 2014 – 10; by pardon in 2014 – 176; by death in 1814 – 29 making a total of 215. Remaining in prison on the 31st December 1814, were 492, of whom 400 are Americans, the remainder being foreigners. March 9, 1815

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The War News – General Lee is rapidly losing men by desertion. Hundreds of them come within our lines. One hundred and seventy-six deserters came up from the army today and took the oath of allegiance. Since the first of February, two thousand have arrived here (Washington, D.C.) from Lee’s Army and taken the oath. A letter from the Army of the Potomac of February 29, states: “We are beginning to realize the fruits of the policy adopted by Lieutenant General Grant toward rebel deserters, in the rapid depletion of the Army now cooped up in the defenses of Richmond. During the week ending on Saturday night last, there were received by the army of the Potomac four hundred and ninety-seven deserters from the rebel army; and in the same time, there were three hundred and fourteen received in the Army of the James, making an aggregate loss to Gen. Lee’s army of eight hundred and eleven. These deserters arrive in squads of five, ten, or even as many as twenty. On Friday last, one hundred and forty-six were received during the day. Forty-nine came together, and were members of the same regiment. March 10, 1865

125 YEARS AGO

Regents’ Examinations – The result last week in Cooperstown Union School was as follows: 24 passed in geography; 13 in arithmetic; 12 in physiology; 11 in political economy; 11 in moral philosophy; 10 in rhetoric; 10 in zoology; 8 in civil government, 8 in spelling, 7 in English grammar; 7 in American history; 7 in plane geometry; 6 in algebra; 6 in book keeping; 5 in astronomy; 4 in physical geography; 4 in Caesar; 4 in elementary physics; 4 in history of England; 3 in chemistry; 2 in Virgil’s Eclogues; 2 in English literature; and 1 each in drawing, Virgil’s Aeneid, history of Greece, geology, and History of Rome. A claim was made for eight junior academic certificates, seven senior academic certificates and eight academic diplomas. March 14, 1890

March 9, 1840

100 YEARS AGO

It has been rumored about the village for several days that Allen Gallup was running for Village President. It was a mistake – he was galloping. When the votes were counted on Tuesday, it was found that Mr. Gallup has been elected by a majority of 142 over W. Dean Burditt, who was running for the third time. In 1913, Mr. Burditt’s majority was 202 and in 1914 it was 114. This tremendous turning of the tide is proof of the futility of a third term campaign for Village President, although the record of the candidate is first-class. The total vote cast was 606, the largest since 1908, when the vote was 618. March 10, 1915

75 YEARS AGO

Dr. Marjorie F. Murray spoke at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital lecture clinic on Friday. Her topic was “Infant Feeding.” The young infant spends most of his time sleeping, eating and crying, she said. When his food does not satisfy his needs he cries more than he should and sleeps less. Breast feeding of the infant is undoubtedly the ideal method, but inadequate breast feeding on which the baby does not thrive should not be persisted in without a supplementary formula. Artificial feeding has become increasingly successful with the practice of using sterilized or pasteurized milk and formulas of such concentrations that they equal breast milk in caloric value. The early addition of the vitamins contained in cod liver oil and orange juice is now almost universal. March 13, 1940

Boys participating in the Sixth Grade Basketball League include Rich White, Bill VanBuren, Gary Wedderspoon, Steve Pugliese, Bill Mook, John Morris, Tom Barns, Bill Thomas, John Staffin, Bruce Buffet, Walter Bennett, John Foutch, Wayne Clinton, Dave Elliott, Dan Field, Dick Eckler, Bruce Hall, Dave Tillapaugh, Rick Winterhalter, Bill Lindsay, Fred Zoeller, and Paul Brown. Members of the Fifth Grade Basketball League include: Bruce Holden, Peter Callahan, Pat Guiney, Jim Robinson, Jeff Gill, Gordon Clark, Archie St. John, Charles Jennings, John Bowers, Dick Weiland, Charles Brooks, Dan Smith, Jeff Curtis, Don Turner, Joe Reynolds, John Cook, Peter Bradley, Mark Wilber, Dan Coons, Stanley Ashley, Les Dieterle, Dan DeSena, and David Karl. March 10, 1965

25 YEARS AGO

The State University College at Oneonta’s Biological Field Station on Otsego Lake will offer a summer course for high school students in the ecology and natural history of our local freshwater and terrestrial habitats. A typical day will include a lecture, a two hour outdoor study period within the 360-acre reserve or aboard the research vessel Anodontoides, and three to four hours in the laboratory studying plant and animal specimens. Habitats studied will include forests, bogs, marshes, swamps, ponds, streams as well as Otsego Lake and the Susquehanna River. Applicants must have completed NYS Regents Biology or its equivalent. March 14, 1990

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Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, formerly of the Cleveland Indians, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Otsego County Republican Party dinner. Feller, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, is a dedicated Republican, said Charlotte Koniuto, chairman of the Otsego County party organization. The event, now in its 56th year, will be held April 5 at the Otesaga Hotel. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a silent auction, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Salmon and roast beef will be on the menu. The dinner is a fund-raiser for Republican office seekers. Tickets for the dinner are $50. March 13, 2005

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Downtown, Environmental Initiatives Energize Incumbents To the Editor: This year marks the first time since 2011 that the election for village trustee has been contested. There are three candidates running for two positions. We hope that you vote in this election (noon-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, at the fire hall) and that you use this opportunity to show your support for the good work that has been going on in the village in the past few years. James Dean was first elected as a village trustee in 2011, and Cindy Falk joined him on the Board of Trustees in 2012. During Jim’s and Cindy’s tenures, many changes have been underway. The Board of Trustees has

looked for new sources of revenue, increased efficiencies, and ways to improve our quality of life. In an especially noteworthy move, the village has become proactive in seeking grants. To date over $2.3 million has been awarded from outside sources, both public and private. This has allowed for a major downtown project on Main Street to replace the deteriorating sidewalks as well as for planning to commence long overdue repairs to 22 Main St., the building that houses Village Hall, the library, and the Cooperstown Art Association. The village has also taken a strong position on environmental issues.

Pesticides are no longer used on Doubleday Field. Rain gardens allow storm water to be treated where it falls rather than running into Otsego Lake. And the village has begun a serious investigation into a solar project to generate electricity to meet municipal needs. We hope that in the upcoming election you will cast your vote for Cindy Falk and James Dean. We both look forward to continuing to work to better the Village of Cooperstown so it remains a great place to live, work, and play now and into the future. CINDY FALK & JIM DEAN Cooperstown

Let Falk, Dean Continue Excellent Work To the Editor: For the last three years, it has been my pleasure to work with Trustees Cindy Falk and Jim Dean. Cindy is a remarkable public servant, author of multiple grants resulting in the village receiving nearly $2.5 million in outside funds. Her work ethic and dedication to the village in various areas – zoning, efficiency, cost-cutting and historic preservation – have made her a superb trustee. Jim is a hands-on trustee, whose expertise in infrastructure (streets, buildings) has proven invaluable to governing the village.

Jim was an early advocate against hydrofracking, against pesticide use at Doubleday Field and for solar power projects in Cooperstown. He has great passion for these issues. On March 18, village residents have a chance to keep Cindy Falk and Jim Dean in office as village trustees. Your vote for them will allow them to continue the excellent work they have done for the village these last three years. JEFF KATZ Mayor Village of Cooperstown

Can District Afford Fourth Administrator? To the Editor: I would like to address the recent addition of the position of director of student services/executive principal to our school district. Demographics from our school district indicate a 6 percent decrease in population in the last 15 years. We see this decrease in smaller class sizes that generally number well below 100 students per grade. Given that our tax base revenues and student population is diminishing, how can we, as a community, justify the significant financial outlay of a fourth administrator to our school system? In other words, what added benefit are we as a school community obtaining from this outlay of monies? On a personal note, two of my children graduated from Cooperstown Central School to competitive higher institutions without an executive principal. I personally find the expenditure for this position as superfluous. ANN LINDSAY-BROWN Cooperstown

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CCS Suddenly In Turmoil About Common Core Issues

TESTING/From A1 address parents and teachers about how Governor Cuomo plans to use the Common Core to fire failing teachers and close failing schools. Sunday, New Hartford teachers Jamie and Jessica McNair, representing Opt Out, spoke to a crowd of 70 in the Village Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting room, urging parents to refuse to allow their children to take Common Core tests next month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you deny them access to the test scores,â&#x20AC;? said Jamie McNair, former five-year president of the New Hartford NYSUT chapter, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the whole thing falls apart.â&#x20AC;? In an interview after that session, Jastremski said she had invited the Opt Out CNY representatives at the request of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a group of teachersâ&#x20AC;? who said they were fearful of recriminations if they did so themselves. Noting that mostly parents had spoken before the school board a few days before, she said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for teachers to speak up, and she will urge them to do so at the next school board meeting, Wednesday, March 18. It was learned at presstime that school administrators had held a meeting with teachers Monday the 9th, but it couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately be determined what was discussed and whether any decisions had emerged from the session. By the afternoon of Tuesday the 10th, talk was circulating that Executive Principal Lynn Strang had resigned the day before. School board members were uncertain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things are happening so quickly,â&#x20AC;? one said. However, Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert

said that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at work.â&#x20AC;? The root of the turmoil seems to be Governor Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jan. 21 State of the State speech and a subsequent report issued by his office last month, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The State Of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Failing Schools.â&#x20AC;? Particularly upsetting to teachers was his call for legislation that would allow the firing of teacher who failed to meet Common Core standards two years in a row, and for failing schools to be taken over by the state. Cuomo also proposed a change in how teachers are evaluated, with more than 50 percent of evaluation scores being determined by the state and an evaluator from outside the district. Using Common Core as the basis for evaluations is also unfair, educators are saying, because only math and English Language Arts teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; students are subject to the annual testing, and thus only those teachers could, at this point, be subject to the intensified scrutiny. A local concern expressed by parents was that pupils, not parents, must refuse to take the test, and third graders were being required to sit in front of an open test book, surrounded by the peers, and tell the adult proctor they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take the exam. Other schools simply escort opting out students to the library, to read while their classmates take the test. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The child has to refuse it; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state law,â&#x20AC;? school board member Theresa Russo told parents. But the following morning, Hebert said the situation is less sharply defined and that, while the law is followed, proctors are coached in treat-

ing opting-out students with sensitivity. Hebert also said that Jastremski, through the PTA, had sought to have publicity for the Opt Out meeting sent home to parents with children. Because of the political nature of the meeting, the superintendent said, he advised the PTA of his concern, and the association then withdrew its endorsement. Another issue that surfaced was a lack of understanding of the role of Executive Principal Strang, who was brought in to her newly created position 18 months ago, after one lengthy search had failed to hire a candidate for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;director of student servicesâ&#x20AC;? position. High School Principal Mike Cring and Elementary Principal Theresa Gorman reported

to the new administrator. Strangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central duty was to ensure the successful implementation of the Common Core and, last August â&#x20AC;&#x201C; based on tests taken in April â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cooperstown Elementary was designated a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reward School,â&#x20AC;? among the top 20 percent performers statewide. By Tuesday evening, Jastremski was expressing some satisfaction with how the school board was reacting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board has been very responsive,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And quickly responsive in supplying information to parents about refusing the test. And sending very strongly worded messages to the governor through (state Sen. Jim Seward and Assemblyman Bill Magee) that they are opposed to his education reform plan.â&#x20AC;?

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The letters, available on the district web site â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www. cooperstowncs.org â&#x20AC;&#x201C; refer to several â&#x20AC;&#x153;troubling aspectsâ&#x20AC;? of the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the same aspects the teachers and parents say are troubling them. Despite criticism of how the state Education Department rolled out the Common Core, which was developed by the National Governorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference over several years out of concerns about the international competitiveness of U.S. students, Strang expresses optimistic about the eventual outcome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are seeing that students are engaged,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are talking to their peers in a higher-level manner. It is fostering problem solving and critical thinking at an earlier stage.â&#x20AC;?

She continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like going to the Clark Gym and exercising: You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get there overnight â&#x20AC;Ś We are pleased with the success of our teachers, and we are pleased with how our students are doing. People are doing the best they can, given the poor rollout.â&#x20AC;? However, Jastremski said that, despite positive steps by the school board, â&#x20AC;&#x153;bloated administrationâ&#x20AC;? remains an issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I predict you will see a vast increase in the number of students at Cooperstown refusing the test over last year,â&#x20AC;? she added. If parents are to opt out, they must do so by Friday, March 27. And the CCS administration has announced a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, to address any concerns parents may have.

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Patrick McGoldrick, center, came up from Long Island to support his niece, Ciarra, posing with a banner made by Maggie Schuermann’s parents, Matt and Maureen

They Play Defense, Offense, Weedport Game Showed TEAM/From A1 Community College, Syracuse. “That first quarter was a big deal,” said Niles. “We had a lot of energy and we put it into stopping the other kids.” By the end of the first quarter, the Lady Hawkeyes were up 13 points, 16-3, with seven points by Millea alone. Julie Ford scored 11 points and 10 rebounds, also scoring the first four points in the second quarter, leading them into a halftime score of 30-11. In the third quarter, “we just hit them,” said Maria Noto. Coop had 41 points and finished with 7 more to take the game 48-33. “We’re naturally good, but we’ve put in a lot of hard work,” said Christina Noto. “We’ve been playing together

The CCS Cheerleaders had plenty to cheer about as the Lady Hawkeyes crushed the Weedsport Warriors by 10 solid points.

since seventh grade, going to clinics and summer camps. This is the culmination of all of that.” This is the team’s third

sectional title – first in 1988, then 2008, when they won the state championship and, most recently, in 2013. They made sectionals last year, but lost to

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Little Falls in the Final Four. They’ll take on Section 4 Class C winners Watkins Glen in the State Quarterfinals at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, at SUNY Oneonta. “It’s a little nerve-wracking,” said Niles. “We’re trying to get some information on their team before then.” If they win, they’ll head to Hudson Valley Community College for the semi-finals on Saturday, March 21, with finals on Sunday, March 22. And although they’re practicing and preparing for the next big game, they’re savoring the victory. “After we won, when we held that banner up in front of everyone, it really symbolized how our hard work had paid off,” said Noto.

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Legal notice STATE OF NEW YORK COUNT COURT, OTSEGO COUNTY PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INDEX #: 20121019 In the Matter of the Foreclosure of Tax Liens by Proceeding in Rem pursuant to Article Eleven of the Real Property Tax Law by Otsego County. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 30th day of Jan., 2015 the Otsego County Treasurer, hereinafter the “Enforcing Officer” of Otsego County hereinafter “Tax District” pursuant to law, filed with the Otsego County Clerk a PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE against various parcels of real property for unpaid taxes. The above captioned proceeding is hereby commenced to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes or other lawful charges which have accumulated and become liens

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against certain property. The parcels to which this proceeding applies are identified on Schedule “A” of this Petition, which is annexed hereto and made a part hereof. This document serves both as a Petition of Foreclosure and a Notice of Foreclosure for purposes of this proceeding. Effect of filing: All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in this petition are hereby notified that the filing of this petition constitutes the commencement by the Tax District of a proceeding in the court specified in the caption above to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem. Nature of proceeding: This proceeding is brought against the real property only and is to foreclose the tax liens described in this petition. No personal judgement will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof. Persons affected: This notice is directed to all

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persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in this petition. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of this petition has been filed in the Office of the County Treasurer and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified as the last day for redemption. Right of redemption: Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may on or before said date redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens thereon, including all interest and penalties and other legal charges which are included in the lien against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payment shall be made to Dan Crowell, Otsego County Treasurer, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, N. Y. 13326. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be

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entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

of redemption in and to the parcel described in this petition and a judgement in foreclosure may be taken by default.

Last day for redemption: The last day for redemption is hereby fixed as the 30th day of April, 2015. Service of answer: Every person having any right, title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in this petition may serve a duly verified answer upon the Attorney for the Tax District setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the Office of the County Clerk and served upon the Attorney for the Tax District on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption. Failure to redeem or answer: In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity

Enforcing Officer: Dan Crowell Otsego County Treasurer City of Oneonta City FULLER VALERIE A 288.17-3-54 MUNRO DAVID A 299.8-2-67 Town of Burlington REID JUSTIN REID DERRICK 94.00-1-27.01 KLINE ONLEY 109.00-1-17.00 Town of Butternuts SANCHEZ RALPH 234.00-2-8.00 BRICKNER THOMAS 251.00-1-14.00 STRALEY ROBIN W STRALEY JEANNAE C 280.00-1-23.01 OFFEN TODD J OFFEN SUSAN M 282.00-1-61.02 POLYZOS DIONISIOS ZAHARIOUDAKIS, MARINA 294.00-1-16.31

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JACOBS CARL E JACOBS EVELYN 58.13-1-27.00

CHARMI 241.00-1-18.03 PUYLARA JOHN PUYLARA GLORIA 273.00-1-2.00

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259.12-1-11.00 STAATS FREDERICK STAATS LAURA 260.00-1-56.00 LOUCKS KITTY RAE 260.13-2-38.00 LINCOLN JOHN H 277.00-1-70.00 CASTELLE ANTHONY 290.00-2-7.00

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SCHLIERMAN WALTER G SCHLIERMAN JANET L 152.00-1-4.00 Town of Edmeston WAGNER DONALD W 108.13-1-10.00 KLINE ONLEY 109.00-2-28.00 ANDERSON SHARON A 122.04-1-48.00 Town of Hartwick SIERRA ROBERT SIERRA BRENDA L 129.00-1-10.00 CARIUS HAROLD P JR PAULA 129.00-1-38.01 CARIUS HAROLD P CARIUS PAULA A 129.00-1-39.243 Town of Laurens HARTWELL GARY S 208.00-1-13.00 YURECHKO KYLE M 239.00-1-11.02 EVERTS JAMES T MILLER

SELTZER KAREN 214.00-1-23.01 SPADA PAUL J 214.00-1-23.02 MOLVIC, INC. 230.19-1-46.00 PETRONE MARY A PETRONE PHILIP 230.19-2-38.00 MARULLO EDITH 261.00-1-72.00 COSTAGLIOLA MARIO T 262.00-2-2.00 Town of Middlefield KANZLER JOHN KANZLER LORA 133.03-1-52.00 BEAR KEVIN 148.00-1-12.01 Town of Milford FOLEY MARK L 211.00-1-7.00 STAMPFL FRANK STAMPFL DEBORAH J 211.00-1-12.00 STAMPFL FRANK STAMPFL DEBORAH J 211.00-1-13.00 MONRO DAVID A 243.14-1-42.00 FINCH KELLY R. FINCH LEE R.

Town of Morris LITTLEWOOD SCOTT 221.13-1-34.00 STAFFORD PETER A STAFFORD CHRISTINE L 221.13-1-38.00 HENNESS THERON M HENNESS SHIRLEY M 221.13-1-40.00 STAFFORD PETER A STAFFORD CHRISTINE L 221.13-1-52.00 PHILLIPS HAROLD A CARRIE LYNN 221.17-1-18.00 ENGELS WILLIAM T JOYCE WESTERBEKE 220.00-1-41.00 HUMPHRIS TERRY HUMPHRIS THOMAS 221.00-2-11.00 GRANDA ANGELA A 221.00-2-13.00 WARREN SHERYL WARREN JOHN

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238.00-1-5.00 Town of Oneonta NELSON BARBARANNE 299.07-2-7.00 HARVEY CYNTHIA A 299.10-1-4.01 STILSON RAYMOND 300.08-3-18.00 MONSER GEORGE W 300.14-1-21.00 WARD BRADEN D WARD KATHY S 301.11-1-5.00 BRAKE CHRISTOPHER CONDONBRAKE KIM 309.00-1-28.00 Town of Otego RICHARDS JOHN 272.00-1-66.01 NIEVES ISAAC 272.00-2-24.00 HEHL JEFFREY S 273.00-2-3.00 SIMONDS JAMES C 296.00-1-8.00 Town of Otsego MCRORIE TRUSTEE NANCY J MCRORIE TRUSTEE DAVID R 68.00-1-20.01 WILCOX SARAH RYAN 114.00-1-69.05 contd. C-2

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HUNT WILLIAM A JR 336.02-1-46.02 GR ENTERPRISES NORTHEAST LTD 336.02-1-62.00

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GREMMERT MARK A GREMMERT IRENE L 187.00-1-43.04 BURROWS LOREE 188.00-1-32.01 HOFFMAN ROBERT L 188.001-32.02 ALAFRIZ NORA A ALAFRIZ ABIGAIL A 202.00-1-1.25 Town of Plainfield LUND ELSIE 47.00-1-6.214 ANDERSON EDWARD K ANDERSON MABEL E 48.00-1-3.09 DURHAM MARSHA BATTL EDGAR W 48.00-1-22.00 Town of Richfield PURCELL WILLIAM JOSEPH 14.17-2-9.00 HALL LORI L PETERSON DONALD M 24.08-1-50.00 WAGNER WILLIAM 25.05-2-51.00 LOMBARDO DAVID 25.05-3-66.00 BOND LARRY E 25.05-4-11.00 STOCKIGT GEORGE STOCKIGT DENISE 24.08-2-21.32 Town of Roseboom HOFFMAN ERWIN HOFFMAN BARBARA 118.002-12.11 ELLIS TIMOTHY 120.03-1-27.00 Town of Springfield COVENY-OPPY LAURIE ANNE 27.00-1-44.00 BODMER FRANK W BODMER CAROLYN 28.00-1-35.00 OWNER UNKNOWN 54.001-48.00 Town of Unadilla TOWNDROW MICHAEL R TOWNDROW ASHLEY A 334.151-5.00 LUNA CARLOS V LUNA ESPERANZA 334.15-1-70.01 NY REAL ESTATE ASSOC. LLC 334.19-2-48.00 VILARDI ALFRED VILARDI MARCELLA 315.00-1-32.04 VILARDI ALFRED VILARDI MARCY 315.00-1-42.04 GEISLER MARION S 329.00-1-69.01 GR ENTERPRISES NORTHEAST 336.00-1-46.31 GR ENTERPRISES NORTHEAST 336.00-1-46.32 HUNT WILLIAM A JR 336.02-1-44.00

Town of Worcester GOODWIN RICHARD B 169.00-2-24.00 ROBINSON JOHN E 185.13-1-60.00 LAROCK CHRISTOPHER J LAROCK DOROTHY A 199.19-1-46.00 CHESLA CHRISTOPHER 200.00-1-5.00 GAVETT RICHARD R GAVETT HEATHER J 201.00-1-22.00 HERGENROTHER EMILIE 201.00-170.00 WERKHEISER JOHN M WERKHEISER KRIS A 216.00-1-38.02 F. POPS’ PROPERTY INC. 248.00-1-18.01 BROOKER LISA A 248.00-1-23.01 GIUMARRA VERA 265.00-1-44.00 STATE OF NEW YORK : SS : COUNTY OF OTSEGO : I, Dan Crowell, being duly sworn, depose and say: I am the Enforcing Officer for the County of Otsego. I have read this Petition which I have signed, and I am familiar with its contents. The contents of this Petition are true to the best of my knowledge, based upon the records of the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office, I do not know of any errors or omissions in this Petition. Dan Crowell Otsego County Treasurer Sworn to before me this 28th day of Jan., 2015. Melissa L. Wilcox Notary Public Attorney for Tax District: Ellen L. Coccoma Otsego County Office Bldg. 197 Main Street Cooperstown, N. Y. 13326 1LegalMar13 Legal notice 110 LAKESHORE, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of 110 Lakeshore, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 3/2/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC

Legal notice GIFFORD HILL, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Gifford Hill, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 2/27/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110 6LegalApr16 Legal notice DIETZ STREET REALTY, LLC Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Dietz Street Realty, LLC (the “LLC”) were filed with the Department of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 2/27/15. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process c/o the LLC, 143 Balford Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820. The LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110 6LegalApr16 Legal notice Notice of Qualification of Cooperstown Realty Partners LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/03/15. Office location: Otsego County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/02/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Catherine L. Burns, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Two Seaport Lane,. Ste. 300, Boston, MA 02210. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:

Legal notice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Complany, (LLC). Name: LORD AND TOMPKINS HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/11/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proces to 2628 State Highway 23, Laurens, N.Y. 13796. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalApr9 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Strand Swappers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/19/2015. 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: STRAND SWAPPERS LLC, 37 Elm Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 6LegalApr9 Legal notice Notice of formation of TRACY HELGESON LLC. Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/17/2015. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to the LLC at 116 Donlon Road, Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalApr2 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: DRI 4, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 18 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 10 Market Street, Suite 11, New York, 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalApr2 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

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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 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. 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

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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 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 11 Lawn Ave LLC, Date of Formation: 1/29/2015, Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent

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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 Company 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. Pur-

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pose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalMar19 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. 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 Notice of Formation of Oneonta Auto Sales, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/2014.

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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. SSNY shall mail process to: 2361 S. Beaver Creek Rd., West Edmentston, NY 13485. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalMar12