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The rest as they say is wildlife aid and rescue history. “We are there to help in any way we can,” says Charley when asked how he and Doris approach the myriad of calls and situations they find themselves in. “We get calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If we can handle the situation we do or point people in the right direction to get help.” Over the last 17 years, the pair have taken in all kinds of raptors, including hawks, owls, falcons as well as fawns, bunnies, and bobcats! But no canines/no rabies. “We never know what the call will be, but we are ready and prepared for what ever and keep a catch pole by the front door. We have the capacity, land handling and feeding equipment to manage a diverse wildlife group. We care for them until they are rehabilitated well enough for reintro duction by keeping them in as natural a state as possible. So…no public viewing or visits are Operatingallowed.”“TheDr. Doolittle Farm” as an all-volunteer organization, Charley and Doris have personally absorbed the costs of operating the facility totally out of pocket. When the state this past year mandated a new higher fencing require ment — taking their existing 4' no climb horse fence to a 8' solid fence — it created additional financial hardship on the couple and specifically kept them from taking in new fawns. Fawns, by state regulation, must be released by September 15, arriving in predictable seasonal need in May which gave the Koops very little time to adapt the property to the new fencing regulations.
Carrie Thompson Master Falconer Charley Koop and his wife Doris, a retired nurse specializing with the handicapped, did what many dream of doing in their retirement years: merging their two passions and continuing a life of great service. In 2005 together they estab lished a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Little Eagle Farm, in Pittsfield, NY. It began with a visit to his local vet Dr. Lisa Johnson’s office. While there, Charley heard the screams from a kestrel, recog nizing it as such immediately. He asked Dr. Johnson if it was indeed a kestrel? She said “Yes! how do you know that?” “I used to raise them.” Leading to the obvious next question ─ “want to raise another?” He did, going on to get state licensing and meet the facility regulation requirements.
Editors note: The following is a compendium of medical news items and releases we found interesting over the last 10 days. Please let us know your thoughts on this feature at info@ allotsego.com . General Information The CDC announced that it will make major changes to how it operates following what it admits was a failed response to COVID-19, monkeypox, and polio. Director Rochelle Walensky stated “my goal is a new public health oriented culture that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communications, andAccordingtimeliness.”to the National Center of Health Statistics, average life expectancy fell 1.8 years in the U.S. in 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic, and because of “unintentional inju ries” such as failure to seek timely care for other illnesses and increased drug overdoses. Vaccines are recommended. The ideal time to receive the vaccine is September or October, right before the flu season begins. The CDC says the vaccine can be given the same time as the COVID vaccine, though there is no mention of whether it can be given with other vaccines. Note: some physicians feel that while reportedly safe, there should be some spacing between vaccines if for no other reason than to know that if there is a reaction which vaccine is causing it. In parts of the world where it is difficult to get to a vaccination site, giving them together makes sense. COVID-19 According to the AMA, more than 40% of people hospitalized with the Omicron subvariant were vaccinated and boostered. “COVID incubation periods have fallen over time,” according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. The new strains are dead lier and cause symptoms sooner. Neither ivermectin or fluvoxamine had any impact of reducing severity, hospitalization, or deaths according to the New England Journal of Medicine
While told over the years he and Doris were doing an “outstanding job” and providing exceptional community service, these new mandates certainly made the job harder to perform. In the past year, the Koops have made the journey nine times to Cornell Hospital, and rising fuel prices made this single component a $65 expense. Spread those costs out and multiply their time value and one gets a clear sense of the commitment the Koops have made to their recent life work. A real-time example, Charley got a call last night for a great horned owl sitting in someone’s driveway in Norwich. Once secured at the facility, Charley noted the bird was greatly emaciated and had an injured wing. Through years of experi ence, he speculated the bird had flown into a high tensile fence while night hunting. He explains that while owls have superb and even mythical eyesight, they actually track by motion, sound and feeling. They don’t perceive things at close range and in focus.He further explains that raptors do not take in their fluids by drinking water but by absorbing the bodily fluids from their prey. If they cannot hunt, they quickly dehydrate. Most people attempting to help a distressed bird administer droppers of water directly into the mouth, however birds have a hole in their tongue directly imputing to their lungs so this method accidently can cause the birds to drown. Charley explains they only use a spray mister and the bird absorbs the fluid they need thru the skin and beak indirectly and at the right amount. Continued on page 3
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The testing will take place at eight different locations around Otsego Lake: BFS’ Thayer Boathouse, the BFS dock, Cooperstown Country Club, Fairy Springs, Glimmerglass State Park Beach, Springfield Public Landing, Three Mile Point, and at the mid-point of the Testlake.results will be posted on the BFS theninguidancebusinesses,ourinformationBillreportingbeAssociationTownorganizationsand(www.sunv.oneonta.edu/biological-field-station)websitedistributedtolocalofficialsandcommunityincludingtheVillageofCooperstown,ofMiddlefield,TownofSpringfield,OtsegoLakeandGlimmerglassStatePark.“Wewillmeticulousinourcollectionofthesamplesandourofthedata,”saidDr.Harman.“Aswehaveformanyyears,weagainlooktoHarmanandhisBFSteamtoprovideustheweneedtobestunderstandthehealthofbeautifullake,”saidMissClark.“Homeowners,farmersandotherscanlooktothemforbetweennowandwhencolderweatherarrivesthefallandtheHABswillbegintodissipateanddisappear.”
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“It is important that science and data drive our decisions about the impact of the HABs,” said Miss Clark. “There is not a local organization better equipped to do that than the Biological Field Station.” Dr. Willard “Bill” Harman, CLM, Distinguished Service Professor, Rufus J. Thayer Otsego Lake Research Chair, and Director, SUNY Oneonta BFS, explained that “the HABs typically start in deeper waters, deriving nutrients from the bottom muds, which have been deposited there annually for as long as the lake has been in existence, then visible blooms sometimes rise to theWatersurface.in a lake can be practically devoid of nutrients and still have HABs because of the legacy phosphorus in the sediments. The prevailing opinion of my colleagues are that longer seasons of open warmer water in combi nation with hot days in late summer into the fall are the immediate cause. It is another real example of global warming having its negative impact on a local level.”
In these days when so much strife is to be found seemingly everywhere in the world, the genesis of any new orchestra is a unifying element to the human spirit. This was how Thomas Wolf described it on August 27 during the opening celebrations of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra at its debut concert. Mr. Wolf is Chair of the Governing Board of Directors. Certainly, many in the capacity audience at historic and beautiful Christ Church in Cooperstown must have felt the same. A sense of wonderment at the fact that Fenimore Chamber Orchestra was founded during a pandemic also pervaded the afternoon. This is no small feat considering many musical organizations folded during the pandemic. It is, much to the contrary, a tribute to the vision and tenacity of Mr. Wolf, Director of Operations Rosemary Summers and Maestro Zoltowski, not to mention the Governing Board of Directors. “Each member of the orchestra was referred by a colleague and chosen to become a member of the orchestra thereby creating a truly elite ensemble made up of some of the finest musicians in Upstate New York, musicians who could play on any stage in the world,” he said. “We are the beneficiaries of such an opulent abundance of talent. It was gratifying to hear an orchestra play as if they were particularly chosen for the momentous task. Each section played as one voice attaining a high level of emotional involvement and astonishing polish without ever losing the sense of pitch and immaculate intonation.” All of this was due to the considerable orchestral building wizardry of Maestro Maciej Żółtowski. The elegant juxta position of “storm and stress” of much of the afternoon’s music can, in less capable hands, come across as tedious. On this occasion, the beauties of the relatively unknown works by Haydn and Mozart were neatly put on display with a never-faltering sense of orchestral proportion. “As one example, in the overture to Haydn’s L’Isola d’Isabitata, a work unfor tunately almost completely unknown, there is a moment that calls for the violins to make an exceedingly precar ious, very soft and extremely high entry,” Mr. Wolf said. The entry was delivered as one voice and as only the best of orchestras can expertly execute. Adding to all of this, as befits the Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra by Mozart, Norman Thibodeau offered a bril liantly supple solo flute rendi tion without any of the garish mannerisms and without any of the vicissitudes that can befall less endowed flut ists. Befitting the music, and regarding something unfortu nately less heard in these days of supposed “performance practice,” Mr. Thibodeau offered deft, gentle and styl ishly pertinent embellish ments that brought a smile to this already smiling music. Maestro Żółtowski displayed his appreciable ability to accompany and nurture a soloist to great musical heights. After intermission, the audience was treated to Five Greek Dances by Nikos Skalkottas. These are delight fully charming works redolent of the Greek isles. The orchestra seemed to enjoy themselves as well and provided every turn in the dance repertoire that Maestro Zoltowski asked. Haydn’s great Symphony No. 34 in D Minor was chosen to bring the program to a conclusion. This opus simply requires a virtuoso orchestra; nothing less than exceptionally gifted virtuoso players will suffice. Here, conductor and orchestra were in complete agreement as to the exceedingly brilliant second movement as well as the Presto assai of the last movement. The two slower movements were also provided loving touches that never wavered from the requirements of the great Haydenesque andantes. One’s breath was simply taken away. One could go on and on regarding the felicities of the afternoon and the conducting in particular. A new Orchestra led by Maestro Żółtowski is indeed a rare and historic jewel in the already considerable crown of artistic offerings in Cooperstown. The capacity audience, obvi ously having enjoyed itself, rewarded Maestro Żółtowski and Fenimore Chamber Orchestra with an enthusiastic and prolonged ovation at the conclusion of the concert. We look forward with great anticipation to more concerts by this very stylish orchestra!elegantand
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Continued from page 1 It is exactly this level of detail care and knowledge our greater community needs and wants in their volunteer wildlife EMS squad! Currently “in house” Charley and Doris are caring for 2 great horned owls, 2 barn owls, 2 red-tailed hawks, and 2 broad-winged hawks. There has been a newly created GOFUNDME page
“Hopefully, she will be circling our beloved lake again and blessing us all with her presence thanks to the unseen and invaluable players around the table game of Life.” visit New York State Wildlife Rehabilitation Council website at http://www.nyswrc.org. Koops Are Living Their Dream
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Recently, we at The Freeman’s Journal have become aware that some of our readers, and others who may not be our readers, still have questions about the toxic algae blooms that of late have been creeping up on us from the depths and edges of our beloved Otsego Lake. So here goes an effort to get it right. According to NOAA, whose satellites, along with those of the EPA, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, are picking up images of them, these blooms have been found in 2,300 lakes in the contiguous U.S., and in another 5,000 bodies of water in Alaska. The algae, often — but not strictly — of a blue-green color, is cyanobacteria, which grows naturally in fresh water, though it also also been spotted, although less frequently, in brackish and salt water. The bacteria can also be red, neon or brown, and when it dies it exudes a rotten smell. When the water is warm, stagnant and nutrient-rich, as it presently is here, the algae can burst into blooms, which is what we are seeing along the shores of the Lake. The blooms can, and do, produce a toxin, called cyanotoxin, which can enter the mouth, nose and eyes, or be inhaled with water vapor. They can also keep blooming into the early fall, until the temperature drops. The toxin can be extremely poisonous, and often deadly, to pets, and annoyingly harmful to humans.
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“The Snowball Effect explains how small actions carried out over time can lead to big results.” The Fireball Effect explains the opposite. Melting streets.
The Cooperstown firehouse siren is noise pollution at its worst — far above the Village’s own decibel limit, and totally unnecessary, unlike say a heavy metal concert. Pagers and cell phones can and have replaced these ridiculous noisemakers. If the firemen get a page or a text, they get the address of the fire — they can go straight there — they don’t have to go to the fire station first. When the Queensbury, N.Y. Fire Department turned their firehouse siren off for repairs, there was a 100% response rate — for 7 years. No volunteer fireman missed getting to the firehouse for lack of a siren. And the neighbors certainly didn’t miss the siren going off at all hours. When the repaired sirens were turned back on, the town protested, and the sirens are going to be replaced as unnecessary nuisances. There is nothing traditional or necessary about ruining property values with sirens. There is nothing traditional or necessary about ruining people’s hearing. Replace the sirens with pagers and cell phone texts. This will improve property values around the sirens and will make the fire response more 2rxwePdnUYAHSLen/town-want-fd-siren-turned-off-volunteer/articles/residents-of-ny-https://www.firerescue1.com/efficient.
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Last year roughly 130 million people, or 40% of Americans, lived in a county that was struck by a climate related disaster. ‘There have been more climate-related disasters in the nation over the past two decades than in any other country. It’s vital that everyone take steps to be prepared’ said Zachariah Riley, Executive Director, American Red Cross of Western New York Southern Tier chapter. Take these three steps:
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There is, as yet, no solution. We suggest that you who love our Lake stay away from foam, scum and colorful streaks that may be lurking on the shoreline. Keep your dogs away too, from that foam and scum, and any dead fish they may choose to roll in, and rinse them off quickly with fresh water if they stray into the algae. Lastly, pay keen atten tion to the work of the biological Field Station which, with a most welcome and profoundly appreciated grant from Jane Clark and her Fernleigh Foundation is monitoring a number of sites around the Lake twice a week and releasing their findings to the surrounding towns as well as to their website. Thank you; stay safe.
To add to all the other viruses that we have had to think about, COVID, monkeypox, polio, we can add West Nile Virus (WNV) which is now endemic in the New York City area. This is not yet affecting us in Otsego County and surrounding areas and probably won’t. While it is transmitted to humans by mosquitos, the reservoir, the source and repro duction site for the virus is various bird species. There is no treatment but the most obvious prevention is to kill the mosquitos that infect people.Inthe city, NYC health officials found the virus in mosquitos in over 1,100 pools of water. They have initiated widespread spraying to kill them. Additionally, epidemics of WNV die off where the weather is too cold for the mosquitos. You may ask why I am writing my column about West Nile Virus. It’s in NYC and unlikely to spread this far upstate. This disease is personal to me. My brother died of it. In the summer of 2015, my brother was alternately in two areas where the virus was present, brooklyn and the south shore of Long Island. He was in Geneseo, N.Y. when he started to develop symptoms; headache, body aches, joint pains. When it started he thought he had the flu. He went to bed to rest. Within 12 hours he awoke from a nap and could barely move. He had explosive diarrhea and vomiting. He managed to call 911 and was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester where he was admitted to the ICU. I was called by his wife and immediately drove to the hospital where I was allowed to see him. When I saw him his pulse was 100 (normal approximately 60-80), his respiratory rate was 42 (normal 1020), and the oxygen concentration in his blood was 89 (normal greater or equal to 95%) and dropping fast on the monitor in his room. These are indications of impending respiratory collapse.Iwent to the nurse and conveyed this to her and told her he needed to be intubated (breathing tube placed in his lung) immediately, to her credit she didn’t dismiss my concern but called for help immediately and a resident came within two minutes and intubated him. He was placed on a mechanical ventilator. He never came off a ventilator for the next five years when he died. Additionally, he never could move his body below the level of his neck, his vision was blurry, and his mental status was frequently clouded. I sometimes wonder if I did him any favor by notifying the nurse of his impending death in the ICU. My brother lived five years entirely due to the superhuman efforts of his wife. She took care of him, badgered the nursing home where he was transferred to make sure everybody was doing their jobs such as frequently turning him and checking him since he was unable to use the call button if he needed anything. After a year he went home to what was set up to be essentially a long-term facility for one person on a ventilator. His wife never had a day off until he died. West Nile Virus is endemic in some parts of the Middle East.
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This plea is in response to Mr. Dan Maskin and Opportunities for Otsego:Please, rethink your decision to build “a strategic plan that is centered on social justice”. You provide a wonderful service to our community, there is no need to politicize that work by pursuing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”. These are simply inoffensive words used to divert attention from what it really is, Critical Race Theory. As the old saying goes, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”.
This focus will divert resources and attention away from the real needs that you have been having an impact on: alleviating poverty and fostering self-sufficiency through compre hensive and holistic client-centered services.Thank you for all you do and keep up the good work!
There are as yet no antidotes or treatments for humans or pets that have picked up the cyanotoxins, nor has the toxin been well studied. For humans, there is evidence of nausea, rashes and itching, gastrointestinal upset, respiratory issues and, interestingly, a low birth rate in babies born to toxin-exposed mothers. Symptoms usually last from one day to a week; some, of course, may be sick for months. For dogs, the toxin often causes vomiting, diarrhea and breathing difficulties as well as seizures and death. There is also evidence, in parts of the country but so far not here, of water contamination where the algae blooms appear near drinking-water intakes. There is mounting evidence that these algae blooms are not going away gracefully. Global climate change, watershed degradation and increased nutrient loading are supporting and broadening the base for the algae and contributing to its frequency and incipient severity.
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80% of those infected have no infec tion, 20% have mild to moderate symptoms including flu-like illness, sometimes taking weeks to months to fully recover. About 1% develop severe neurologic symptoms. Somewhere between one in 150 to one in 1,000 will die of the sequelae of the disease usually due to complete failure of the motor nerves to the body including the breathing muscles.Itcanalso affect the brain directly. Those with complete collapse live on average 1½ to 2 years, with support, according to various articles and report. The neurological effect is almost exactly like that in polio. It affects the cells of the motor nerve system which causes muscles to move. In the body, WNV acts on the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, the same as in polio. There is no specific treatment. General methods such as antiinflammatories or other over-thecounter pain killers can help in mild cases. In severe cases supportive care is necessary. There is no human vaccine for Preventionit. is the same as for all mosquito-transmitted diseases. Monitoring for infected mosquitos and then spraying, liberal use of insect repellant, minimalizing exposed skin, staying indoors in early morning and evening when mosquitos are most active, using mosquito netting if outdoors — all are effective preven tion techniques. be aware of WNV in endemic areas and take preventive measures. Dr. Richard Sternberg, retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 threat. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown.
Last week we published a letter to the editor about the algae bloom in Lake Otsego. Please direct any questions to Holly Waterfield at the biological Field Station or visit edu/biological-field-station.http://suny.oneonta.
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Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of William Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum
EDITORIaL Looking an Aqua Pandemic in the Eye
1. Build your emergency kit with a gallon of water per person, per day, non-perishable food, a flashlight and a battery-powered radio a first aid kit, medications, supplies for infants or pets, a multi-purpose tool and personal hygiene items.
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Three 1961 graduates of Cooperstown Central School, now attending college, were the speakers at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary club at the Cooper Inn. The three, who will begin their sophomore years later this month, were Don Rogers, a pre-veterinarian student at Cornell; Theodore P. Feury, Jr., who is at St. Lawrence University, Canton; and Joseph Booan, who is majoring in recreation and youth leadership at Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts. Rogers said he was attracted to Cornell when he visited there with his parents at age seven and saw a “cow with a window in it,” and it made a lasting impression on his young mind. Feury had planned to study engineering but may major in mathematics in a four-year liberal arts course. Booan expects to go into social rehabilitation work after college. September 5, 1962 ‘‘Sounds Like Fun” (August 25) BY Merl reagle
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Our column, The Life of the Land, is an exploration of local agricul tural practices. Several of our pieces will focus on farms which raise grass-fed animals; here we address the environmental implications of locally raised livestock. It is indisputable that indus trial livestock management is an ecological disaster. This has led to pronouncements from numerous authoritative agencies to eat “less meat” or even “no meat”. Yet grassfed production of livestock is an important and growing component of our local agricultural economy. For those of us who wish to support these farms, is their meat actually environmentally “better meat”? From an ethical and nutritional point of view, meat eating remains debatable and controversial. But from an ecological point of view the jury is in: proper livestock manage ment can be carbon neutral, radi cally improves soil, and recycles local nutrients into food for us. The key to this is regenerative farming. Industrial beef begins life on continuously grazed rangeland, where selective consumption of favored forage eventually erodes and degrades the pasture. Later, after transportation to feed lots, the animals are fed high-energy feeds such as corn. Large amounts of fossil fuels are consumed in live stock transportation, and in cultiva tion of these “Grass-fed”feeds.animals may briefly receive high-energy foods just before slaughter, though not always. But the great majority of their lives is spent on pasture, ideally regen eratively managed. This is a prac tice which encourages brief periods of intense grazing from multiple pastures which are rotated to allow periods of regrowth. Regenerative grazing in fact serves as a carbon sink, putting more carbon in the ground than is released. This is due to the burial of manure (containing methane and nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas) by the crowded herd’s hoofs on the sod. The robust regrowth of grasses rapidly seques ters CO2.1 All ruminants produce methane during the digestion of cellulose, and much has been made of the fact that grass-fed beef cattle produce more than corn-fed. The formulae which are universally used to compare these apples and oranges — methane and CO2 — are controversial. They overstate the damaging aspects of methane, which does break down in the atmosphere, versus CO2, which is almost forever.2 Yet even using these metrics, regenerative grazing buries more carbon than it releases into the Additionally,atmosphere.although both feedlot and grass fed animals all require large amounts of water over a lifetime, the economic and envi ronmental costs of providing it are much less for pasture-raised animals with locally available water. In our hilly landscape, with its many patches of marginal land unsuitable for cultivation, livestock production can be a sensible and sustainable practice. As other agri cultural areas of the country are ravaged by climate change, live stock production should provide some measure of economic stability and food security for our region. Authored by Sustainable Otsego. Since 2007 we have promoted ecologically sound practices — locally, regionally, and nation ally. We call for sustainable living, economic independence, and home rule. Visit at sustainableotsego.net facebook.com/SustainableOtsego.or 1 complicates-climate-optimismstudy-on-regenerative-grazing-civileats.com/2021/01/06/a-new2 world/a-convenient-untruthagreenerworld.org/a-greenerACROSS 1 Setting of Key Largo: abbr. 4 Battery type 9 Complex silicate 13 It’s about bad guys 15 Lewis and Clark are two of its counties 17 Actually, there was a second one 20 Lane in Metropolis 21 ___ snail’s pace 22 Tarzan’s kid 23 Pouch 25 Peridot, e.g. 26 Offspring: abbr. 27 Torte topper 29 Virago 31 Have ___ many (overindulge) 34 It involves only the U.S. and Canada 38 It wasn’t a game show 40 Grow faint 41 High-caliber org. 42 Brayed 45 Tyrone Power film that wasn’t a sequel and wasn’t a western 51 Guy who started a big company, but it had nothing to do with coffee 53 Last box to check 54 Nesting place 55 Take down ___ 56 Missile’s name 59 Stuff you dig 60 Hubbub 61 + 90 = ? 62 The Elizabethan, e.g. 65 It means “one thousandth” 67 “Lustrous ___ of sun” (Whitman) 69 Just out 70 Mauna ___ 71 Pound sound 73 Of a Yucatán civilization 75 1969 hit, “And When ___” 77 Wine region 79 Tongue of light 81 Usually, it’s two or more letters 84 It means “why,” even in Romeo and Juliet 86 “My guess is ...” 88 Perpignan pal 89 Infrequent 91 It’s not a film about a composer 95 Despite its many fault lines, it’s not California’s nickname 102 Physics class prop, a ___ jar 103 Some surreal paintings 104 Some votes 105 Classic tune, “All ___” 107 ___ distance 108 Hindu mister 109 Family vehicle 110 Big name pore-cleansingin strips 112 Wheel parts 114 Actually, there were four, and they didn’t have guns 120 “Same thing I always have” 121 It’s yellow 122 Frittata needs 123 German city 124 Free DOWN 1 Rivals 2 Hard to hear 3 Maxim 4 Uncouple 5 Blood concern 6 Home of Parmenides 7 Data-sharing computer setup 8 Trippy stuff of the 1960s 9 Barrister’s word 10 Unthinkingly 11 Cornfield cry 12 Eureka’s cousin 13 Alphabet chunk 14 Those icy fingers? 16 “___ thought ...” 17 “Good will ___” 18 “A keeper of sheep” (Gen. 4:2) 19 Discount event 20 The Late Shift character 24 Music purchases 25 Sailor 26 Nap taker 27 Tidbit in plasma 28 Helmet emblem 29 Slave 30 Dory or dinghy 32 Casino area 33 Nervous 35 Wool-gatherer? 36 Roll of dough 37 Noisy nap taker Hawaiian tuna Emulate Penn Caprice See 12 Down Orchid-loving Wolfe Astronomy Muse Cash in Hot-foot reaction Rubber shoe Narcotic Just Precious commodity? 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H.W. Fluhrer, general manager, and J.M. Knapp, director, of the Otsego & Delaware Telephone Co., were in town Thursday conferring with Frank B. Shipman, resident director, regarding the forest of poles on Main Street. It is the purpose of the telephone company to remove as many of the poles as possible, which will mean very nearly all of them, as the new cable construction will not require as many. An arrangement has been made with Joseph K. Choate whereby the telephone, electric lights and the trolley will be on the same poles. Then, there are the old independent telephone poles which are neither useful nor ornamental and which will all be taken away.
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September 4, 1837 160 YEARS AGO Arrest and Imprisonment – Mr. Timothy Herkimer, a farmer of the Town of Exeter, in this county, was arrested on Saturday last and imprisoned in the county jail, on an order issued from the War Department at Washington, charged as we are informed, with discouraging enlist ment by facilitating the escape of his son and another young man into Canada, with advising a deserter not to return to the service, and when holding disloyal language when at home. The arrest is made under the general order recently issued from the War Department; which order, it will be remembered, suspended the writ of habeas corpus in all such cases.
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185 YEARS AGO Hurricane in the West Indies – On the 2nd of August there was one of the most severe storms ever known in the island of St. Bartholomew. It states that the town, composed of about 300 houses is two-thirds destroyed — among them some of the most substantial buildings, the greater number the dwellings of the poor. As yet between 20 and 30 lives have been discovered to have been lost in the town, most of them crushed to death under the ruins, and others horribly mutilated and since dead, and very many severely injured, with broken bones, &c. Hundreds have lost all they possessed, and are thrown destitute upon the charity of others. The sea, during the gale, had risen over six feet.
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COOPERSTOWN –Jeanne “Jeje” Stone Barrett Viek, 93, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Cooperstown on January 22, 2022. She was born on March 22, 1928 in Bryn Mawr, Pa., the daughter of Albert Oliver and Lisbeth Beatrice (Stone) Barrett. She grew up in Devon, Pa. Most weekends the family went to their farm on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.Jejeattended the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., a private school for girls. Those who know Jeje won’t be surprised to hear she was pushed ahead two grades, and she was also a bit of a mischief-maker (but never malicious)! She attended Smith College where she majored in science (and was well-known for her prowess at arm wrestling). She was also on the AllSmith Crew team. Jeje later went to West Chester State College (now University) to become a teacher. She even tually earned two master’s degrees at West Chester — one in science education and one in reading. After getting her teaching certificate, Jeje was employed by the Tredyffrin/ Easttown (T/E) School District in Wayne, Pa., where she taught 9th grade science for 22 years (19641986). During that time she worked at three of the T/E respectedwelljobSheMiddleSchool,ForgeSchool,Conestogaschools:HighValleyMiddleandT/ESchool.lovedherandwaslovedandbyher students andJeje’sco-workers.faith was very important to her. She was a member of the Episcopal church in each of the towns she lived, starting with St. David’s in Wayne where she was confirmed; St. Michael’s in Colonie, N.Y., where she was one of the first congregants of the newly established church;
Jeanne S. B. Viek, 93 March 22, 1928 – January 22, 2022
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Simone Scalici (Andrea), Andrea Scalici Lobas (Daniel), Danielle Hillman Taylor (John), Emily Hillman, Nicholas Summers, Park Summers, Gillis Summers, Olivia Bates, Everett Bates, and Bertyl Viek; her greatgrandchildren Micah Barrett, Ameer Muhammed, Kyree Muhammed, Enzo Scalici, Nico Scalici, Isla Lobas, Cruz Lobas, and Avery Viek; and her nieces Lucinda Deacon Redmann and Nancy Deacon Davis. Jeje loved to be around people, but also never minded being alone. She made friends easily, and loved to sing and dance and, especially, to laugh. Her Celebration of Life is planned for Friday, September 2, 11 a.m. at Christ Church, 46 River Street, Cooperstown and an Open House Celebration at Origins Café/Carefree Gardens, 558 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown (1 - 3 p.m.). Donations in honor of Jeje’s life may be made to Helios Care Cooperstown.TillapaughArrangementslocalcare.org/donate)(https://heliosoryourHospiceprovider.werebyFuneralHome,
Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, Pa.; St. Mary’s in Springfield, N.Y.; and Christ Church in Cooperstown. In each of the churches she was very active as a member of the choir, the altar guild, the vestry, and was a faithful Sunday attendee, as well as attending other services and committees during the week. Over the course of her adult life, Jeje was involved in many volunteer activi ties. Among them were Red Cross swimming instructor, master gardener, food bank, usher at Glimmerglass Opera, reading and math tutor, and Peace Corps volunteer. As a Peace Corps volunteer, with her husband, Nicholas, she spent two years in Malawi, Africa teaching science to high school students. She learned to speak Chichewa so she could teach them directly in their own language. After leaving the Peace Corps, Jeje and Nicholas continued to return to Africa for several years as volunteers through various organiza tions so Nicholas, a retired urologist, could continue to help doctors there. They spent the winters of those years in Africa and trav eled through many other countries on their way back home. One of the highlights of their travels was trav eling on a Polish container ship in the owner’s quarters, from Antwerp, Belgium to South Africa. They were the only passengers on the ship and had no trouble making friends with the crew, even though they spoke no English and Jeje and Nick knew no Polish! Jeje was predeceased by her parents, her sister, Beatrice “Bebe” Barrett Deacon, her loving husband, Nicholas F. Viek, M.D., her grandson, Linden Summers, IV, and her great-grandson, Spencer Gard Hillman. She is survived by her loving children and their spouses, Alan Stone Barrett, Shelley Smith-Little (Howard), Sydney Smith Scalici (Anthony), and Tracey Smith Hillman (Joe Werdein); step-children and their spouses, Sylvia Viek Summers (Lynden, III), Cornelia Viek (Ron Bates), and Bernhard Viek (Stephanie); her grandchildren and spouses, Joshua Barrett (MyKeshua), Christiana Barrett Muhammed (Omar),
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Surviving him also are his stepchildren Robin Carter of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Paula McKeag of Evans, Ga., and Tracy Sondeen of Boulder, Colo.; step-grandchildren, Paul Wood, Samantha Ness, Brooke Musick, Amanda Christianson, Alesha Smith, and Ben Sondeen and 12 stepForgreat-grandchildren.severalyearsprior to his death, he was cared for lovingly at home by his stepdaughter Paula, assisted by son Dan, and daughter Susan.Inaccordance with his wishes, there will be no services, but donations may be made in his name to the following: Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Friends of Bassett atPlease30907DavisFuneralorg.N.C.,Gardensorwww.friendsofbassett.org,https://FriendshipCommunityofFayetteville,https://www.fcgfaync.ThomasPoteet&SonDirectors,214Rd.,Augusta,Ga.706-364-8484.signtheguestbookwww.thomaspoteet.com.
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ONEONTA – Dr. Joseph Scott Lunn, 91, died peace fully at his home on August 28. He was born on July 11, 1931 in Oneonta to the late William H. Lunn and Dorothy (Hanks) Lunn. He graduated from Oneonta High School in 1949, and Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1953. He received his medical degree in 1958 from the SUNY Upstate Medical School in Syracuse, and continued his internship and residency in Syracuse. In 1962, he served a twoyear tour with the Public Health Service in Atlanta, Ga., conducting malaria research. In 1964 he under took a two-year fellowship in infectious diseases at the Upstate Medical School, and then entered practice in InSyracuse.1969, he became an asso ciate physician at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, and in 1972 was appointed Chief of the Medical Staff at Bassett, a position he held until 1980 when he joined the Medical College of Georgia (now Augusta University) as an attending physician and clinical professor until his retirement in 1996. He spent many summers at the family camp on Goodyear Lake as a child and an adult, and enjoyed water sports and horseback riding. He enjoyed outdoor work, and for many years had a boun tiful garden at his home in Evans. In 2000, he built a residence in Cottonwood, Ariz., and spent about 10 winters near his family and three grandsons. He also enjoyed traveling and took trips to Canada, Alaska, Europe, and the Caribbean after he retired. He is preceded in death by his three wives, Janet N. Lunn (mother of his chil dren), Marilyn C. Lunn, and Ramona C. Lunn (mother of his stepchildren) and his two siblings, Will-iam H. Lunn Jr., and Charlotte L. Georgeson. Surviving him are his three children, Gregory S. Lunn (Rebecca) of Clarkdale, Ariz., Daniel J. Lunn of Tucson, Ariz., and Susan E. Lunn (Kurt Schurenberg) of Gainesville, Ga., and his grandchildren, Scott Lunn, Nicholas Lunn, and Jack Lunn. In addition, his nieces and nephews: Christine Takores, David, Diane, Gail, and Rick Georgeson, and William H. Lunn III.
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Some of the programs The Scriven Foundation restricted grant will make possible include enhanced investments in: • More competitive sala ries, benefits and retire ment for practitioners
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Increasing education and training programs for clinical staff “We are deeply grateful to The Scriven Foundation and Jane Forbes Clark for their remarkable support of Bassett and the commu nities we serve. This grant is immensely generous, and truly transforma tive for Bassett,” said Tommy Ibrahim, MD, MHA, President and CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network. “Our continued success as an independent health system is possible because of communities.toicaltion,sharedUniversitypartnershiptoBassettworkforceforincreasedmatelyalreadyannouncedFoundation.”zationspartnershipsmission-drivenwithorganilikeTheScrivenBassettrecentlythatithasinvestedapproxi$50millionincompensationitsnon-practitionerthispastyear.isalsocontinuinggrowanddeepenitswithColumbiathroughtheirmedicaleducaresearch,andclininitiatives,helpingfosterhealthyrural
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The Grand and Glorious Garage Sale has been a favored Oneonta fixture for 44 years. Previously presented on Main Street, the fair draws several thousand people and serves as the Catskill Choral Society’s annual fundraiser.Thisyear, the Grand and Glorious Fall Fair moves to Oneonta’s shady Neahwa Park and will have hometown vendors, family-friendly entertain ment including a perfor mance by the Oneonta Community Concert Band, addition performers on the bandshell, games, food, great fun, local arts and crafts, the traditional garage sale plus much more.The Grand and Glorious Fall Fair takes place Sunday, September 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the first Sunday after Labor Day. All are welcome. Free and open to the public.
Bassett Medical Center is the recipient of an $82 million grant from The Scriven Foundation to make rapid improvements resulting in greater patient care access. The health system will also launch significant recruitment and retention initiatives for staff in key areas.
Mark Drnek, Mayor City of www.Facebook.com/MayorMarkDmayor@oneonta.ny.usOneonta
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