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With $25 parking permits now on sale at the Village Clerk’s Office, Chief Mike Covert instructs the new parking enforcement officer, Justina Wilkens, on the task ahead. A December SUNY Delhi criminal justice grad, she is following in the footsteps of her dad, County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jack Wilkens.

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Cooperstown, Milford To Merge On Gridiron 2 Schools Participate In National Program

Applauding Katz’s second swearing-in as mayor are, from left, Charlie Keeler, former trustee Lynne Mebust, Trustee Cindy Falk, former mayor Carol Waller (hidden), Otsego Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell and her husband, Jim, and mayoral son Joey Katz.

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Bassett Set To Close Up Psych Ward COOPERSTOWN

HUNTER CHARGED: Hunter Robert R. Gerbino of Long Island was reportedly charged Tuesday, April 8, with criminally negligent homicide in the Nov. 16 death of hunter Charles Bruce, 52, in the Town of Westford. SIGN OF SPRING: The Fly Creek Cider Mill opened Thursday, April 10, for its 158th season.

No Tax Hike In Village Budget. Any Questions? COOPERSTOWN

nable to recruit psychiatrists and support staff, Bassett Hospital plans to close its second-floor psychiatric ward and shift to a “mobile crisis program”. Current patients can remain until discharge, but those needing longer care will be transferred to facilities in Schenectady, Binghamton or Utica. In the future, individuals in crisis will be processed in the emergency room, but those needing inpatient care will be transferred.

t’s a chance for Milford Central students to play football, and perhaps for Wolfe the CCS Hawkeyes’ football team to play at Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome. Starting this fall, MCS athletes will be able to play football on CCS Modified and Varsity teams. “Lots of kids love football, and their Please See FOOTBALL, A7

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Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman, right, congratulates Mayor Jeff Katz after the mayor and Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch were sworn-in for second terms on the Village Board Monday afternoon, April 8. Trustee Lou Allstadt, also reelected, was unable to attend due to his mother-in-law’s passing/MORE PHOTOS, C1

he tax levy would rise $1 in the Village of Cooperstown’s proposed 201415 budget. The tax rate would go down by 44/1,000ths of a penny. Total revenues and ap- The public propriations are going up hearing on the budget is 6:30 1.11 percent. p.m. Thursday, If you, village taxApril 10, at 22 payer, object to any of this, you can object when Main. Review document at the Village Board, as required by law, convenes WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM a public hearing on the budget at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at 22 Please See BUDGET, C2

In Parking Lot, Students You May Not Notice MOSA’s End Envision A Prettier Place Casella Wins Bid To Administer County’s Garbage Collecting System By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

o to the Cornell Cooperative Extension building at 123 Lake today, you’ll see

flower beds marked off with deteriorating railroad ties. You’ll see a gravel parking lot that often functions as a U-turn for school buses and tourists. “We’re only required to have 10 spots,” said Please See CHARETTE, C1

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

t the end of the month, MOSA will end with a whimper. “You’re going to wake up May 1, you’re going to put your bag on the curb,

and it’s going to disappear,” said Karen Sullivan, Otsego County planning director. Except a reduction in hours at the transfer stations, “you aren’t going to see anything different, except Casella shirts instead of MOSA shirts. “No one’s going to know anything even happened.” Please See MOSA, A7

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ing the mandatory retirement age of 75. Most recently, Scharfenberger was pastor of St. MatthScharfenberger ias Church, Ridgewood, Queens, but had filled various roles in the Diocese of Brooklyn, incuding serving on the committee for sexually abused children. He was episcopal vicar (pastoral supervisor) for Queens since 2013. A native of Bushwick, Brooklyn, he graduated from Cathedral Preparatory Seminary High School and Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception. He went to seminary at the North American College in Rome, graduating from the Gregorian University in 1973.

3 ON DEAN’S LIST: Three students from Cooperstown, Alexis Devenpeck, Natalie Grigoli and Samantha Borgstrom, are on the Dean’s List at Elmira College for the fall semester.

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Selections from the Broadway musical “Godspell,” based on the Gospel of St. Matthew, were interspersed with the preEaster service Sunday, April 6, at First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown. Cast members included, from left, Mary Iversen, Liz Olmstead, Joseph Harmon (as Jesus) and Lindsay Brown.

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olden Artist Colors’ CEO Mark Golden will receive a honorary doctorate from Colgate University at its May 18 commencement for his contribution to the arts and to the regional economy.

Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst cited Golden’s “commitment to Central New York, both as a business leader and an entrepreneur.” Golden has received many honors, including the state’s 1996 Small Business Person of the Year and a 2005 Inspiration Award

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For sportsmanship, skill and attitude, Ashley Kiuber (top photo, with Coach Scott Whiteman) and Ryan Lansing, left, and Josh Martin (with Coach Sharky Nagelschmidt) are winners of the 2014 LaCava Award from the Clark Sports Center. The award, given since 1980, is named for long-time teacher Michael LaCava.

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esults of months-long tracking of three golden eagles by Tom Salo, research coordinator with the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, will be detailed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the Cooperstown Presbyterian Church, Pioneer Street, Cooperstown. Salo is studying how this rare – and

rarely seen – species uses habitat and terrain in the two counties. Delaware and Otsego counties are important areas for golden eagles, a state endangered species. Hawk migration counts show a significant part of the eastern population passes through here each spring and fall, according to the DOAS. Winter moni-

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Perspectives

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EDITORIAL

To Succeed, Mayor, City Council Must Understand What Happened

neonta Mayor Dick Miller expects Common Council to “review the charter” when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, for the first time since City Manager Mike Long’s resignation after 18 months. A better goal might be to review the implementation of the charter. The shift from 16 departmental fiefdoms overseen by a part-time mayor and then-aldermen to a unified, professional administration is not an easy one. Habits need to change for the new reality to work. To large degree, the departing city manager’s strengths (considerable) and weaknesses are irrelevant. His successor will also fall short of perfection – we all do – only in different ways. What needs to be determined is: Are the pieces sufficiently in place for the next city manager to succeed? • That sentence, unedited, originally read, “Is there sufficient commitment to professional governance for the next city manager to succeed?” But that suggests City Hall

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A February 2011 panel of city officials from elsewhere who had experienced the transition to city manager advised the Oneonta Charter Commission on the pitfalls: recalcitrant department heads and meddling elected officials. Commission chair Dave Rissberger moderated.

hasn’t been well run, and that’s a hard case to make. When you think about recent mayors – Brenner, Muller, Nader – leadership has been exceptional. Think of Joe Bernier’s 30-year tenure: His title was community development director, but – as jobs grow to meet the talents of the person filling it – he expanded it to city manager without portfolio.

The new charter was an effort to build on that success, to institutionalize success, by a community self-confident enough not to interpret change as criticism. • Remember the panel convened by the Charter Commission in February 2011 at First UM – officials from Corning, Beacon, Elmira and elsewhere who had

experienced the transition to professional governance? It identified two pitfalls. • One, that department heads, used to a light rein, bristle under the new accountability, some seeking to end-run the new boss. • Two, that the mayor and city council members, used to meddling – actually, it’s part of their necessary oversight under the regime they had been used to – continue to do so. Both things undoubtedly happened here to some degree. How much should be clear in the minds of the mayor and Common Council as they chart the next steps. • In retrospect, the magnitude of shifting to a city manager form of government was under appreciated. The idea was to hire a professional and expect all the pieces to fall into place. As the mayor and council members review the implementation of the charter, there’s need for individual examinations of conscience. Did each sufficiently embrace the leadership imperatives necessary for a city manager form of government to succeed?

At least one, to hear tell, tried to sabotage it. It might also be asked, was there sufficient discussion among the department heads and elected officials about how their roles had to change for the new system to succeed? When City Hall needed guidance on redistricting, it contracted with SUNY New Paltz’s Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach for advice. Perhaps one of CRREO’s consultants can lead the mayor and Council members in this new discussion. • Success isn’t guaranteed; nor is it out of reach. But neither should failure – a rare failure of Mayor Miller’s administration (and those self-serving leaks, wherever they came from, were disgraceful) – be brushed off. A second failure – made more likely if this one isn’t sufficiently understood and the proper adjustments made – would suggest to future prospects that Oneonta city manager is simply a lousy job, a no-win. At Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, the stakes are high.

ISSUE & DEBATE: Should State’s New Tests Be Feared – Or Embraced? Editor’s Note: Danielle Boudet, Morris, a parent of two, wrote this letter to the editor raising concerns about the state’s standardized tests now being administered to Grades 3-8.

f you are the parent of a child in Grades 3-8, then you know that the focus of education has shifted to the upcoming state tests in English Language Arts and Math in progress now through June 2. But did you know that you have the right to refuse these tests on your child’s behalf? Last year, an unprecedented number of parents, fed up with excessive testing and accountability, boycotted the Grades 3-8 state tests. This year again, record numbers will refuse to participate in this series of standardized, high-stakes tests. Parents stand united to send a powerful message to the state Department of Education and the Board of Regents that they are sick of the stranglehold testing has over our schools. Throughout all corners of the Empire State, more than 45 parent and educator groups, comprised of tens of thousands of individual members, are focused on the

upcoming testing season. In Oneonta, a growing number of parents are planning to refuse this year’s tests. The refusal process is easy and starts with a refusal letter that parents simply submit to their school indicating their decision to refuse state testing, and that their child will be coded as a “999’ or a refusal. This will result in a child receiving “no score’ according to NYSED’s own Student Information Repository System (SIRS) manual. Many districts, such as the Oneonta City School District, are accepting a parent’s letter on behalf of the student. These students will be automatically counted as a refusal and allowed to read in an alternate location. Refusal policies vary district by district however. Parents are encouraged to contact their school administrators to inquire about how the district plans on handling test refusals. There are no negative ramifications for Please See TESTS, A6

Editor’s Note: CCS Executive Principal Lynn Strang, Elementary Principal Teresa Gorman and High School Principal Mike Cring wrote this letter to parents, seeking to allay any concerns.

n an effort to help ease anxieties that you or your child may feel about upcoming New York State testing in April and May, the district would like to explain how we use the results to improve education for your child. The most important thing we want parents to know is that we take every opportunity to try to put our students at ease. We ask them simply to try to do their best so that we can improve their education. How your child does on state assessments has no impact on her/his school report card. Instead, we view the results as valuable information to measure our own performance. As soon as we receive the assessment results, we analyze them and look at ways we

can improve the program for all students. This could mean revising our curriculum at a certain grade level or acquiring new resources to enhance instruction in an area in which our students experience difficulty. Individual, group, class and grade-level data give us meaningful feedback that we can use to improve our curriculum and instruction for everyone. This will be the second year of more rigorous state assessments, which are aligned to the Common Core Learning Standards. While even New York State has acknowledged the fact that its implementation of Common Core was not well done last year, we do believe in the overall goal of higher standards to challenge our students so we can better prepare them for college and careers in the 21st century. On the back of this letter is information about the exams and suggestions about what you can do to help ease any stress your child may have about the assessments. If you have any questions about the assessments or Common Core Learning Standards, please do not hesitate to contact us. (Office number is 547-1818).

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social space. At the public library, children can discover literature; focus groups can discuss political, cultural or any other issues; village residents and visitors can meet. The library serves the public, regardless of age, ethnicity, or financial means. It is a meeting place, where people create new bonds and strengthen old ones. At the library, searching the book shelves or sitting by a stranger allows a direct,

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personal connection that is not available online. And this direct connection in the public library enriches our lives individually and communally. Therefore, I hope that we will ensure the preservation of our public library by voting this May in the school district elections to fund Hartwick and the Village of Cooperstown Libraries. OFRA HYMAN Village Library Board Cooperstown

To the Editor: As parents, alumni, friends, and community members of Cooperstown Central School District, we look forward to the end of the school year and all the time-honored traditions that lie ahead for our graduating seniors. Chief among these traditions is Project Prom. Will your readers help us make this year’s event a reality? An organization of parents formed in the late 1980s, Project Prom remains committed to providing our students with an all-night, safe, alcohol- and drug-free U.S. fracked gas to the highest bidder abroad, while post-prom evening of fun causing irreparable damage activities, entertainment, and to our climate and to water, meaningful time with their air and health here at home. classmates. Thanks to the Protect our communities and dedicated efforts of district residents and businesses, climate, not big oil and gas Project Prom continues industry profits.” to be an event that enWill you sign this petition? JOHN and JEAN FINCH Toddsville

Ukraine Doesn’t Argue For LNG To the Editor: We signed a petition to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate which says: “The oil and gas industry is using the crisis in Ukraine as an excuse to pressure Congress to rubber stamp approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. “But gas exports won’t help the situation in Eastern Europe. It’s just a ploy by the oil and gas industry to increase fracking and export

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sures an exciting, memorable and safe evening. We have established an ambitious fundraising goal in 2014, and you are invited join our efforts to continue this important event. No gift is too small and every gift makes a difference. We are proud to introduce an online giving site through which you can make a convenient donation: www.gofundme.com/cooperstownprojectprom. We’re hoping this will make giving easier and more cost-effective, while encouraging the community to engage with our school and giving opportunities. If you prefer, checks may be made payable to “Project Prom 2014” and returned to Wendy Lansing, Treasurer, 407 Williams Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Thank you in advance for your support. CCS students greatly appreciate your neighborly generosity. JENNIFER STEWART & ANNE HALL Co-chairs Project Prom Committee Cooperstown

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, Courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Dispatch from Plattsburgh – A Spy Detected: At length, by redoubled vigilance, in spite of the defects of our own laws, the corruption of some of our citizens, and the arts and cunning of the enemy, one Spy, of the hundreds who roam at large over this frontier, has been detected, convicted, and sentenced to Death. He came from the enemy as a deserter, in the uniform of a British corps, had obtained a pass to go into the interior, visited this place, and was on his return to Canada, in citizens’ clothes, when a virtuous citizen, who had seen him as he came from Canada, recognized and made him prisoner – and notwithstanding arts of one of our citizens (a Peace officer) who advised him to let the fellow go, brought him to this place. He has acknowledged he was a sergeant in the 103rd regiment of British infantry, and calls his name William Baker. We understand he is to be executed this day at 1 o’clock p.m. April 9, 1814

75 YEARS AGO

125 YEARS AGO

Forty-one members of the Senior Class of the Cooperstown High School left Saturday morning at 7:35 o’clock for their long-anticipated trip to Washington, D.C. They are traveling in two large busses of the Arnold Wade Company of Schenectady which has furnished the transportation for senior trips for the past seven years. The students are being chaperoned this year by Professor and Mrs. Jacob Shaeffer. Only one member of the class, Miss Julia Bryn, was unable to go because of illness. On Friday afternoon, the entire class was given a medical examination by Dr. F.J. Atwell., school physician and Miss Mabel E. Putnam, school nurse. On the way to Washington, they will visit the Gettysburg Battlefield and the monument of Major General Abner Doubleday. April 12, 1939

50 YEARS AGO

175 YEARS AGO

The project to fasten upon the State the construction of the New York and Erie railroad has received its quietus in the Senate. In this result we are happily disappointed, for we had fears that the measure would pass that body, owing to the industry and management of the schemers particularly interested in getting it off their hands. The State is thus saved from a load of debt which would have hung like a mill-stone upon the necks of its citizens and from which they could never have been extricated but by a system of direct taxation. April 8, 1839

150 YEARS AGO

It is our opinion that those towns in Otsego which direct attention mainly to the cultivation of Hops were not as well off, monetarily and socially, as those where the Dairy and Cattle-Raising business receive principal attention. This belief is more generally shared in the present year by our farmers. For Butter and Cheese there is a steady foreign demand, which will scarcely diminish and the dairy business bids fair to continue remunerative. Of Hops, we are growing far more than our home wants demand. The grower must receive from 16 to 20 cents to make it a paying business; the foreign demand is not steady or regular; and when the home and foreign crops are both good, prices will inevitably rule low; the poorer grades must remain unsold. This year, it is estimated from 5,000 to 10,000 more acres will be picked over than any preceding year. The business, it is feared, is being overdone. April 8, 1864

April 12, 1889

Robert Haven Schauffler, noted poet and musicologist, and a summer resident of this village for the past 10 years, will observe his 85th birthday on Wednesday. Mr. Schauffler arrived on Monday to spend the next few months on Fiddlestick Farm at Whig Corners. Mrs. C.A. Braider, owner of the farm, also has arrived for the summer. Mr. Schauffler has published some 75 volumes. The best known works include biographies of Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Schubert. He is a graduate of Princeton with the class of 1902 and became the Class Poet. In 1906, while in Italy as a special contributor to Collier’s Weekly, he was decorated by the Queen of Italy after winning the Italian doubles championship and playing for Italy in the Athenian Olympic Games. He first visited Cooperstown in 1941. April 8, 1964

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100 YEARS AGO

The crowded houses that greeted the Renfax Musical Moving pictures in the Star Theatre last week induced the management to contract for the installation of one of the machines, which arrived Monday. The workmen are expected early this week. The synchrony between the picture and the song is perfect, and is maintained by a very ingenious electrical device, which the management will be pleased to explain to any patrons of the theatre who are mechanically inclined. “The Fall of Constantinople” Monday evening was one of the most beautiful colored pictures ever shown here. On account of the high cost of this feature the admission for adults was 20 cents. “The Octoroon,” the well-known play by Dion Boucicault, will be given this Wednesday evening for the benefit of the Junior Class of the Cooperstown High School. The admission will be but 15 cents; children, 10 cents. April 8, 1914

For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, the Cooperstown high school senior class will not be having its prom at the Otesaga Hotel. The class voted last week to go instead to the country club in June because of restrictions sought by the management of the hotel. The hotel and the students had been negotiating for the event since December. Hotel manager Robert Holiday wanted a quieter band and a dance that could end before midnight. April 11, 1984

10 YEARS AGO

Members of the Glimmerglass Opera’s acclaimed Young Artists Program will present a concert featuring operatic highlights from the company’s past 30 years on Wednesday, April 14 at 6 p.m. in the ballroom of the Otesaga Hotel. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. Among the featured singers will be sopranos Lisa Archibeque and Miriam Kushel. April 9, 2004

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Issue & Debate: School Tests TESTS/From A4 students, teachers or schools. Common myths that students will automatically fail, that a teacher’s evaluation will be negatively affected or that a district will lose money are simply not true. The state tests have no bearing on a student’s report card, promotion or graduation. “No scores” from refusals are not used to calculate teacher accountability, according to the SIRS manual. Furthermore, teachers have reported that students of all abilities refused last year’s test, which means that a single refusal does not affect a teacher’s evaluation using growth scores. The biggest fear tactic aimed at parents is that our schools will be punished financially. Last year, many schools failed to comply with the state’s participation regulations because of high numbers of refusals, including Ichabod Crane Elementary/Middle School in Columbia County, which had an incredible 26 percent opt out rate. The bottom line is that there have been zero reports of schools losing money because well-informed parents did the right thing by “opting out.” There is no harm in “opt-

ing out.” But there is great harm in opting in as we perpetuate a test-driven type of education. Standardized testing is just one limited means to gauge student progress. They measure only a fraction of what is important; create a one-sizefits-all approach to teaching and learning; and narrow curricula while ignoring valuable programs and subjects outside of ELA and math. The state tests, in particular, do not benefit instruction, as the material is a copyrighted secret and the results take too long to come back to educators, and then without student-specific information that makes the results useful. These highstakes tests are an unreliable snapshot in time that unfairly judge children, teachers, and schools. Worse, the reliance on high-stakes testing is damaging the culture of our schools and reducing our children’s classrooms to test preparation centers. Parents know that their children are more than a number. Unfortunately, the data-driven agenda of the state Education Department has ignored concerns repeatedly expressed by tens of thousands of parents and educators across New York.

Edmeston Principal Windsor Wins Top State Award By LIBBY CUDMORE

n 14 years as the principal of Edmeston Central School Principal, Martha Windsor has learned that while an open-door policy is good, it’s better to walk the halls. “I try to bump into students and chat with them,” she said. “I try to get to know them from the time they’re little to graduation – it’s a wonderful experience.” Windsor, who formerly worked as a librarian and Windsor the assistant principal at Center Street, Valley View and the Oneonta High school, will be awarded the K-12 Building Principal Award by the School Administration Association of New York State. The award was created to honor those principals who undertake the demands and

challenges of a multi-level, K-12 building. Though she had loved working as a librarian at Center Street School and Valleyview, she found her true calling working as the assistant principal at the high school. “I felt like I

might be able to help those kids,” she said. “I developed a level of trust.” That was 14 years ago. “I’ve known some of these kids since kindergarten!” she said. It’s her mission, she said, to make the school a wel-

coming place for families, even with the increased security of recent years. “I’m going to continue to make it a friendly, positive place for staff and kids,” she said. “We need our families to feel welcome here.”

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1822 Cape w/Craftsman Addition—Charming early cape w/Craftsman addition bordering Red Creek just minutes from the Village of Cooperstown. Original home features parlor w/Vermont Castings woodstove, pine floors and door leading to deck. Arts-and-Crafts kitchen w/tiled antique island and seating, tiled backsplash, tiled floor and countertops, oak cabinets, skylight. Original stairs lead to BR w/wide pine floor, skylights. Additional storage in the eaves, ¾ bath on main floor. Addition includes master BR w/¾ bath and another BR and full bath. DR w/vaulted ceiling, built-ins, period reproduction light fixtures and French doors leading to deck. Down a few steps into LR w/wood floors, lovely gas fireplace w/Craftsman mantel and built-ins. Great natural light throughout. Spacious breezeway to 2-car garage. Too many details to list. This is a ‘must see’ property. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $299,900

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MLS#93519 Middlefield $129,900 A sweet country cottage in a sweet country setting. Renovated in 2001 and well maintained since. Wide plank floors throughout the downstairs, which has a comfortable flow, ½ bath and laundry. 2 surprisingly large BRs upstairs w/full bath. Close to Cooperstown.

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Milford Football Players Can Join Cooperstown Hawkeyes FOOTBALL/From A1 parents are excited they’ll be able to play a sport they love,” said Monica Wolfe, CCS athletic director. “We’re happy we can give them this opportunity.” CCS has discussed a similar arrangement with Cherry Valley-Springfield, but the CV-S board ultimately voted it down. MCS had previously competed on

the Cooperstown swimming team. The football team will practice at Cooperstown, but have to arrange its own transportation to and from practices. With 6-8 Milford students expressing interest, the team moves from Section D to a Section C. “We have kids that, if they can do something athletically, they

should be able to do it,” said Frank Spurchise, Wildcats’ athletic director. “I’d rather see these kids involved in sports than just go home after school.” The combined team – given that MCS had to give up its team – will also be part of a two-year pilot program sponsored by the National Football Foundation. “The NFF is designed

When MOSA Disappears, Hope Is That No Customer Will Notice

NO MOSA/From Sullivan, who has administered the effort to take the “O” out of MOSA, the Montgomery-OtsegoSchoharie Solid Waste Management Authority, was commenting on the county Board of Representative’s Wednesday, April 2, vote to turn garbage collection over to Casella Resource Solutions, based in Rutland, Vt., but operating locally out of Lower River Street, Oneonta. Casella, which had responded to an RFP (request for proposals), will charge the county $512,500 a year to operate and manage its transfer stations – in Oneonta and Cooperstown – and to charge a $50.22per-ton transportation and disposal fee to haulers and individuals dropping off trash. MOSA’s rate has been $72 per ton, and county reps are considering adding a surcharge to Casella’s $50.22 to help cover the obligation of maintaining, in perpetuity, MOSA’s closed landfills in Montgomery County. How big a surcharge is a final question now being worked out, according to county Rep. Linda Rowinski, DOneonta, who chairs the board’s Solid Waste Committee. Alex Shields of Richfield Springs, who recently completed his second stint on the MOSA board, was a county rep when state regulations went into effect in the mid1980s aimed at cleaning up the old town dumps. “Costs went from $8,000 a year to $200,000 a year in the Town of Richfield,” he said. The county looked at developing its own state-ofthe-art landfill, “but nobody wanted it in the backyard,” he said. So the only option

Caitlyn Syman Wins College’s Writing Award

aitlyn Syman of Oneonta was honored at Champlain College’s annual awards dinner for the Division of Communication and Creative Media. A professional writing major, she received the Champlain Crossover Convergence Journalism Award and the Willard & Maple Fiction. The annual dinner, which took place at the IDX Student Life Center recognized outstanding students and their achievements throughout the Division of Communication and Creative Media.

was to join the threecounty effort. However, Otsego County fell short in its obligation to contribSullivan ute recyclables to the system, and at one point found itself paying an additional $1 million a year to MOSA. That, and private solutions for garbage collection that emerged over the years spurred the county’s effort to extract itself, which is now happening. “It’s a good step for the county,” Sullivan said. “There were concerns that we were going to eliminate the small hauler, tip fees were going to go up, we were going to have to close ‘Northern’,” the

Cooperstown transfer station. “It’s been a great compromise, in that we have met all three concerns,” she continued. Plus, Casella has a fiveyear contract: “If things aren’t going the way they should, we can take a different approach.” In Cooperstown, transfer station hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (one hour off each end) Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (instead of daily), and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays (instead of 7-2). Oneonta’s transfer station will remain open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, but reduced to 8 a.m. to noon Fridays. However, between Memorial Day and Labor Day (and after three-day weekends) Saturday hours will be extended until 2.

to assist programs that fell on hard times,” said Wolfe. “We felt that it was beneficial to move into this division to play against more like programs.” In the new division, the team will compete against New York Mills, Adiron-

dack and Little Falls, with the finals at the Carrier Dome, complete with a NFF trophy to the winning team. “The team that wins will move back out of the division,” said Wolfe. “It’s a stepping block.” The athletic department

has also considered allowing MCS students on the wrestling team, but they missed the paperwork deadline. “Milford is coming to Cooperstown,” said Wolfe. “And we’re excited for this opportunity.”

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DEPUTY MAYOR SWORN IN FOR 2ND VILLAGE BOARD TERM Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, left, thanks Village Clerk Teri Barown for swearing her in for a second term as trustee on the Cooperstown Village Board. In the center is the trustee’s husband, Gary Kuch. The ceremony for her and Mayor Jeff Katz was Monday, April 7, in Village Hall.

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Charette’s Goal Is To Transform The Grounds At 123 Lake St. CHARETTE/From A1 Patti Grady, the Gardeners’ Blue Sky committee chair. “Right now, it’s not the most efficient use of space.” In the future, though, tourists will stop by to look through the All-American selections for inspirations for their own gardens, or perhaps attend a gardening class in wi-fi equipped gazebo, Grady hopes. “It’s a 24/7 garden,” said Elaine Nahman. “Anyone and everyone can stop in and walk around. We want it to inspire.” To focus that inspiration, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners group Friday, April 4, invited Syracuse University and SUNY Cobleskill students at CCE’s property to participate in what’s called a charette, an intense day of landscaping design. “We have to repurpose the property,” said Grady. “It’s not functional for us, it’s a hodge-podge.” It was the first step in a larger plan to rethink the property and make it more functional for the Master Gardeners needs. “It’s a manageable space, but it’s a 2-3 year project,” said Grady. “We want to get the

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal Donald Smyers, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, takes Pati Grady, left, and the students from SUNY Cobleskill and Syracuse University on a tour of the Cooperative Extension Grounds. public involved so they can see us as a community resource.” In the Louis B. Jones Center at The Farmers’ Museum, students hunkered down for an intense day of plotting and planning. “It was exhausting watching them work!” said Grady. “It was a great day and a positive experience.” At the end of the day, students presented their efforts to the gathered gardeners. “One

group suggested we use the hillside as a natural amphitheater to take advantage of the beautiful view over the lake,” said Grady. “It’s creative and practical, and none of us had even considered it.” Parking was the Master Gardeners’ “biggest nemesis,” but the students recommended turning the stretch of gravel into a round or u-shaped lot to maximize efficient space. “We

were blown away by the level of sophistication, productivity and solutions they came up with,” she said. “It opened our eyes to uses of space we never thought of incorporating.” Though this is just the first stage of the project, Grady feels they group is off to a good start. From here, they’ll begin designing the gardens and seeking landscapers to help them execute the final plan. In the meantime, however, they’ll dig up the perennial garden and sell off the plants at their annual Plant Sale in May, as well as continue their new partnership with The Farmers’ Museum. “People can walk from the village and see the gardens of the future, then walk down to the museum to see the gardens of the past,” she said. “We also want to start utilizing companion planting and other techniques that were used before pesticides.” And as the group continues to discuss and plan, one focus remains clear – when the new gardens are finished, they will be utilized for classes, parties and fundraisers. “After all,” she said. “Who doesn’t like beautiful flowers?”

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ALBUM HAS PHOTOS OF EARLY VILLAGE SPORTS HEROES In cleaning out some boxes the other day, Ted Hargrove ran across a photo album that contained photos of Cooperstown sports legends, including a young Red Bursey, far left, who in the 1920s became the high school’s only phys-ed teacher; he went on to coach winning football, baseball and basketball teams. Another photo was of “Dutch” LaDuke, who played multiple sports and, according to Otsego Town Historian Tom Heitz, had a chance to play in the Major Leagues before returning home during the Depression to help support his family. Ted passed on the books to Dave LaDuke, Dutch’s son. The album also contains photos of early Cooperstown baseball and footballs teams.

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NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by service 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 you case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect you property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

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TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Otsego County, dated Aug. 6, 2013 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Otsego County Clerk’s office. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT The OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a purchase money mortgage to secure $84,000.00, plus interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/City Register of the County of Otsego on April 4, 2008, in Liber 1548 of Mortgages at Page 1172 and which purchase money mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff herein as later evidenced by written instrument dated September 5, 2012 which is to be recorded with the County Clerk/City Register of Otsego County covering premises described as follows: 155 Balantic Hill Road, Laurens, New York

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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. Dated: March 28, 2014 The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. J. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 25th day of March, 2014, Cooperstown, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. 221.14-1-28.00 ALL that tract or parcel of land situate in the Village of Morris, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING in the center of NY State Hwy, 51 at a point lying 341 feet westerly of the centerline of

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