The Freeman's Journal 11-04-21

The Village of Cooperstown hosts a virtual ‘cannabis informational session’ on Monday, November 8, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Those interested can join the meeting through the village’s website, www.cooperstownny.org. Questions can also be submitted in advance.

Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said the virtual meeting follows safety protocols and allows presenters to be heard clearly by not wearing masks.

The Village Clerk will read questions submitted during the program.

Village Trustees hold a Special Meeting on November 10 at 10 a.m. to discuss a local law opting out of having a cannabis store or lounge sited in the Village, followed by a public hearing on November 29 at 6:30 p.m., during which the public can speak on the proposed new law.

INSIDE ►NEW EDITEROR: The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta, and AllOTSEGO.com welcome a new editor. Page A3. ►HALLOWEEN PHOTOS: See how your friends and neighbors celebrated, Page a11. ►FILM FESTIVAL UNDERWAY: This year’s Glimmerglass Film Days virtual and in-person. Page A12. ►WORLD SERIES DREAMERS: A bunch of Braves and Astros already got a taste of Cooperstown glory in their Dreams Park days. Page A7. ►’MYSTIC ROCKERS’ come to town: Nashville band ‘Roanoke’ opens concert series Saturday. Page A14.

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Mark Drnek wins Oneonta Mayor race County’s election results falling into place as we go to press According to unofficial results available at press time, Mark Drnek (D) is the new mayor of Oneonta, defeating Republican challenger Len Carson.

“I want to thank Len Carson for running a respectful and issue-oriented campaign, and I look forward to working with him in the realization of our many shared goals for the future of our City,” Drnek said in a statement.

Mayor-elect Drnek’s statement continues: “I want to thank my ‘kitchen cabinet.’ Former Mayor Kim Muller, Councilman Dave Rissberger, Oneonta Fire Mark Drnek Department Assistant Chief (Retired) Jim Maloney, County Representative Danny Lapin, our head-cheerleader, Jen Armstrong, and the love of my life and our Campaign Manager, Betsy Holland. A special thank you to Mayor Gary Herzig, Dan Buttermann, Macguire Benton, Vicki Hurlburt, Diandra Sangetti-Daniels, Avery Miritello, the City of and Otsego County Oneonta Democratic Committees, and everyone who has posted, shared and otherwise engaged on our behalf.”

The Mayor-elect has lived in Oneonta for 38 years. He said he came to Oneonta during a tour of upstate and “fell in love.” He decided he wanted to live there full-time.

Drnek has an impressive resumé.

He has served as a Common Council member representing the Eighth Ward since 2019. He is the host of the popular radio program “Blue Light Central” and owner and creative director of Sweet Home Productions, a marketing company

which provides multimedia to businesses in the Oneonta area.

As a Common Council member, he co-chaired the “Survive and Thrive” initiative, alongside former Mayor Gary Herzig, which helped downtown businesses. He also organized socially distant “Meet me on Main Street” events, which closed the street for entertainment, activities, and vendors.

Born in La Rochelle, France, he lived in Long Island’s Mastic Beach until 18.

“It was much more like Schenevus back then,” Drnek said of his Long Island upbringing. He moved to New York City at age 18, where he attended college as a Visual Arts major. He became an illustrator for Scholastic Magazine for children, and still provides freelance illustrations for Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism/ Addictions (LEAF). He also designed the “Rocky Roadster” coloring page for Destination Oneonta.

Drnek said he was “relatively successful” in his illustrations career.

He also was a morning on-air news reporter for WZOZ and a director of creative services for The Daily Star.

As mayor, Drnek envisions creating an entertainment district on Market Street. He hopes to attract one thousand more people to Oneonta by target-marketing New York City and downstate residents looking to move upstate. By doing this, he believes it will improve the tax base and allow him to implement the changes he wants to make.

During a pre-election debate hosted by the

League of Women Voters, Drnek said he “lay awake at night” thinking of improvements to attract people to Oneonta.

“We are poised to do great things, but the window to act won’t be long,” Drnek said, who hopes to use money from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative to improve Market Street and create “green energy-driven conveyances” to take people from there to Main Street.

“Thank you to the voters of City of Oneonta.

I am humbled and motivated by your support, and I’m excited to get started,” Drnek said in his statement. “We are all in and all in this together.

On January 1, we begin our journey into a bright and inclusive future. I can’t wait.”

In other races ...

In the Town of Hartwick, incumbent Town Supervisor Robert O’Brien looks to be the winner after an unofficial vote tally at press time.

Challenger Brian LoRusso said late Tuesday night that he was not disappointed by the loss.

“The amount of exposure we got for our campaign was a win/win,” he said.

• In the Town of Oneonta, the unofficial tally at press time shows Randall Mowers as the winner in the race for Town Supervisor with more than 75 percent of the vote.

• In the race for County Board District 3, the incumbent, Rick Brockway (R) looks to be the winner with more than 60 percent of the vote.

• In the race for County Board District 13, Donald Scanlon (R) looks to have defeated challenger Mark Pawkett (D) in a tight race.

• Look to AllOTSEGO.com for additional election night updates.

New cannabis laws leave enforcement a little hazy

By Kevin Limiti Otsego County Sheriff’s Department confirmed this week it is investigating a local business for “gifting” marijuana but that it also is not certain of enforcement protocol.

County Sheriff Sergeant Michael Stalter called the process a “convoluted quagmire.”

“It’s a very difficult thing right now,” he said. “We’re trying to catch up on the new (marijuana possession) laws as it is.

The “gifting” process reportedly at issue finds cannabis products changing hands, but not directly for sale. A customer purchases a token item or donates to a business, then receives differing amounts of medical-grade marijuana depending on the size of the donation.

In a published report, the chair of the state’s new Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, said on October 21, “The cannabis being exchanged in the transactions described, those remain illicit.

There is no grey market in New York State. This conduct is not legal and must stop. Individuals

who do not cease run the risk of severe financial penalties.”

How local police departments in Otsego County and elsewhere enforce the Board’s declaration remains unclear.

Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl said that a business “gifting” marijuana would be illegal.

He said it was legal “only if it’s a true, complete gift with no strings attached.” He said violations would be punishable by fines up to $250 per incident.

Corporal James Kelman of the Cooperstown Police Department said he hadn’t heard of

marijuana gifting in Cooperstown and said the police department was “kind of finding a balance to figure out what is transpiring.” He called the process of marijuana legalization “uncharted territory.”

Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said she had heard of businesses gifting marijuana in other counties, but not in the Cooperstown area.

“What has not been licensed and authorized are the cannabis retail shops and lounges,” Tillapaugh said.

“The only legal way to get (marijuana) is a medical prescription.”

Municipalities have till December 31 of this year to opt-out retail dispensaries of marijuana.

Cooperstown has a Board of Trustees meeting on November 8 to discuss the possibility of opting out of retail sales. Mayor Tillapaugh favors opting out but does not oppose scheduling a referendum on the subject in the March 2022 village elections. Under the state’s new marijuana laws, municipalities retain the right to control the time, place and manner of sales.

To date, the towns of Otsego, Hartwick, and Oneonta have no plans to opt out. Cherry Valley has not yet made a formal decision on the topic.

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THURSDAY, November 4, 2021

Opera soared under Francesca Zambella’s ‘rocket ship phase’

By Tara Barnwell Glimmerglass Festival loses its leader at the end of its 2022 festival season when the visionary Francesca Zambella steps down after a transformative 12-year run at the helm.

Francesca “I first came to the Zambella festival in 1997 and directed Iphigene en Tauride, she said. “I fell in love with the region and the festival. Since becoming the general and artistic director, every season has been enjoyable, I can’t pick just one as my favorite. Every year has its highlights.”

“We just keep growing richer and stronger,” she said.

Ms. Zambella always loved music and her mother was an actress, so she decided at a young age to pursue a career in theater.

“I worked backstage on productions when I was in high school,” she said. “It’s when I got to New York City that I was transported by opera. I started directing and it all seemed to come together for me. Part of my upbringing was in Europe, so I learned many different languages, and that has definitely helped with my opera career.”

Although Ms. Zambella has one more festival season to complete, she is reflective on the things she will miss the most.

“The camaraderie of this festival is unique,” she said. “The combination of our audience, artists, staff and patrons is amazing and not found elsewhere. We all work together to bring the most incredible shows to the stage”.

Ms. Zambella expanded the variety of those shows over her tenure, introducing musicals and more Broadway-style shows to the Glimmerglass stage.

“Our musicals and youth operas bring in a whole new audience now,” she said. “We’ve brought in thousands of kids and introduced them to music of all kinds. It’s very rewarding to see young people inspired by music.”

“Our focus has been to not only build our local audience but to build it regionally as well as nationally,” she said.

Thirty-year employee Abby Rodd, director of production, enthusiastically called her 12 years with Ms. Zambella the company’s ‘rocket ship’ phase.

“Glimmerglass has been through many phases since I joined the company” Ms. Rodd said. “I think of the last 11 years as our rocket ship. I’m excited to see what the new phase will be but I’m sad to see this one come to an end.”

Glimmerglass’s Dramaturg since 1994, Kelley Rourke, echoed those thoughts.

“There are so many new initiatives that have been Abby Rodd launched under Francesca’s leadership, but to me, what Autumn beauty surrounds the Glimmerglass Festival’s Alice Busch Opera Theater in a is really extraordinary is region that retiring General and Artistic Director Francesca Zambella calls ‘this amazing that, despite all the changes place’ and a ‘true home in Otsego County.’ in the company and in the Glimmerglass built an outdoor stage and “We love this amazing place!” world at large, she has been able to foster the had “huts” for patrons to rent. Ms. Zambella I’m so honored to have had this posisame core mission and spirit that drew me said the huts will be available in 2022 for tion with Glimmerglass Festival; it’s given to Glimmerglass all those years ago,” Ms. private picnic areas sprinkled around the my family a true home,” she said. “We love Rourke said. “I don’t think I’ve ever known campus. this amazing place, we call It the ‘Berlin anyone with as much energy as Francesca.”

“If anyone is interested in purchasing a of Otsego County.’ I am blessed to have With COVID-19 closing the 2020 season, hut for their private use on their property, we my amazing staff; we have come to work Glimmerglass creatively moved its 2021 would certainly be willing to sell them for a together as an ensemble. Everyone contribfestival from inside the Alice Busch Opera nice donation!” Ms. Zambella added. utes and everyone is involved in the evoluTheater to a venue on the theater grounds.

“I’m looking forward to the 2022 season tion of how we do things and how things “With the COVID protocol issues, there It’s a a great classic festival season with come together.” was never a question of performing the something for everyone. The quality we “When I retire next year, this company shows in the house,” Ms. Zambella said. produce is at such a high level” Zambella will remain healthy and in a very healthy “It had to be moved outdoors if we were said. financial state, better than it’s ever been,” to have a season. We were most concerned Ms. Zambella said she and her family love she said. with protecting the audience, staff, orchestra Otsego County and won’t stray far from its For the complete 2022 Glimmerglass and patrons. It all worked out beautifully. beauty.

Festival schedule, visit www.glimmerglass.

Our region is a perfect setting for music “We aren’t leaving the area,” she said. org. outdoors.”

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CANO reception welcomes November artists The Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO) opens its November exhibition with an opening reception on Saturday, November 6, from 5-7 p.m., at its gallery at 11 Ford Avenue in Oneonta.

CANO this month celebrates the work of four artists who combine elements of abstract and representational images in experimental compositions, with painterly and photographic media challenging the strict limitations of genre and medium. Artists Christine Heller, Linda SuskindKosmer, Rose Mackiewicz, and Thomas Brisson will be at the reception to talk and answer questions about their work.

The Major Cams, led by Mark E. Pawkett, will provide live music for the November 6 event.

Heller and Suskind-Kosmer present a collaborative collection of portraits that both represent the subject’s physical being, and simultaneously depict psychological and emotional states of the figure. Mackiewicz fuses past paintings and photographs with mixed media, producing complex and provocative portrait-scapes on canvas.

Brisson creates tension and complicates meaning through what would be the traditional methods of oil painting, but juxtaposes figurative and non-representational elements that critique and challenge the limits of traditional art.

The exhibition runs through November 20 during CANO’s regular gallery hours, with viewing also available by appointment. For more information, please see www. canoneonta.org.

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-3

The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta, and Allotsego.com is pleased to introduce our new editor, Ted Potrikus. Ted joins us after retiring in November 2020 from a 30-year-plus career in Albany, where he represented New York retailers small and large as President and CEO of The Retail Council of New York State. He’s a Cooperstown native, a 1981 graduate of Cooperstown High School, and former Freeman’s Journal reporter who is plotting a move back to the village soon with his wife, Angela. I asked Ted to write a brief column reintroducing himself to our readers.

— Tara Barnwell, Publisher

… Now let’s see, where was I? Ted Potrikus Oh yes, I remember: August 1983, leaning against a column in front the library on Main Street for a photo, thanking the people of Cooperstown for reading my Freeman’s Journal work that summer, and heading back to Rochester to begin my junior year of college. My boss published the picture with the caption, “I’d like to thank Richard Johnson for giving me my own column.”

A few things happened since then. I met her in London, England, in 1984 and in 1986 married the wonderful Angela Buesing of Davenport, Iowa; we raised two daughters, each grown and married. I was a newspaper editor in suburban Rochester and then worked for the New York State Senate. I spent three decades in Albany as the lobbyist for New York’s retailers large and small, retiring in November 2020.

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beloved hometown. Back to writing for the newspaper that my dad brought home every week when I was growing up, that I’ve never stopped reading, and that indeed gave me my own column all those years ago. I’m honored by the opportunity to work here again and am grateful to Tara Barnwell, Lin Vincent, and Michael Moffat for their dedication to local journalism and their trust in me.

Like them, I believe deeply in the value of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta, and AllOtsego.com as important news outlets serving their collective and individual communities. Like them, I see Cooperstown, Oneonta, and Otsego County as vibrant and robust places with people to celebrate and stories to tell. With news that demands careful and objective reporting. With opinions and viewpoints to share.

I grew up here, graduated from Cooperstown Central School, worked at Pete’s Paint and Paper, shopped at Newberry’s, Bresee’s, and Jamesway. I know the culinary delight of an old fashioned donut from Schneider’s Bakery, the joy of a glass of fresh cider from the Fly Creek Cider Mill, and the unmistakable aromatic draw of a drive past Brooks’ Bar-B-Q. Yet I don’t look at our region through some nostalgic sepia print filter. Otsego County continues to grow with new and exciting shops, restaurants, activities, and, most importantly, people. I can’t wait to be a part of it all, all over again.

I come to this work with a hefty background in and respect for politics and the process that drives public policy in New York and its communities. I love the arts and respect the artists who bring us their talents. I’m a At Quality Inn sports fan and suffer every (formerly Holiday Inn) year as a diehard follower of the New York Mets.

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Perspectives

THURSDAY, November 4, 2021

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Richard DeRosa

Life Trails

Don’t bet on it We love Major League Baseball’s World Series, even when it’s not “our” team playing in the Fall Classic. It always is a joy to see visitors traveling to and walking around Cooperstown just for the opportunity to watch the game on television in a restaurant in The Home of Baseball.

This year’s television and radio broadcasts, though, border on the unwatchable. Not because the quality of play is any less intense or expert. Not because it’s the Houston Astros once again vying for the title — Manager Dusty Baker has single-handedly restored dignity to a franchise that just a year ago was almost shamed out of existence thanks to its bang-on-a-can, signal-stealing controversy.

It’s not even because Joe Buck sometimes rattles on a little too much about statistics that sound like some of the most arcane trivia one could ever imagine.

It’s the endless parade of commercials for sports betting that has become so maddening. We no longer want every between-inning break to end by being urged to ‘Make.

IT. Rain.’

New York currently allows in-person betting on sports events and is well down the road to pick the winning bidders for mobile betting licenses. Sportsbook backers promised state lawmakers back in April that the practice should net hundreds of millions of dollars in new and annually recurring revenue for state and local governments — a promise that was far too generous for cashstarved New York to pass up. Now, sportsbook operators will pay big for a license to operate and pay up to half of their revenues to the state as tax.

For some, it’s exciting to have ‘skin in the game’ and have a little action riding on the final score. For public budget-watchers, it’s a luxury to have the guarantee of a whole new revenue stream to fund existing and/or new projects. For others, it’s an open and incessantly promoted invitation to whip out a cellphone to either start or feed a dangerous attraction to wagering hard-earned money on sports contests.

It was inevitable, and correct, that New York join the parade of states opening up to in-person and mobile sports betting. Statutory authorization keeps mobile betting out of the Internet’s gaping grey area and preserves the tax revenue that illegal gambling bypasses. New York’s Gaming Commission looks to be operating with the due diligence necessary to create a regulatory scheme guarding against chaos, abuse, misuse, and overuse.

We suppose it is equally inevitable, then, that any sports broadcast going forward will be chock-full of between-inning or time-out commercials for one sportsbook or another. They’ll dangle the chance to win big by betting on every one of those arcane statistics that seem to interest Joe Buck to such a jaw-dropping extent. We’ll be just a text message away from advice on whether we should bet the outcome of not just a game, but about the tiny in-game details like whether the pitcher will throw eight strikes and 14 balls in the next frame, and how many of those will be fastballs. Every down in a football game will be an opportunity for another wagering permutation, every soccer kick a chance to score big — or lose big.

Left untethered, online betting threatens to turn sport into just another computer game.

We hope the regulatory watchdog process underway guarantees that next year, when baseball fans come back to Cooperstown for the full season or when we’re watching the games of our choice at home, we’re still able to watch it for what it is rather than for an opportunity to lose a whole stack of money.

And mercifully, we have the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum right here for us to visit and remind us in very real and tangible fashion that at the heart of all this burgeoning online enterprise is a great game.

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and moral boundaries, is not so cemented in place as to be unalterably inflexible. Inflexibility has its drawbacks. I agree with Emerson who reminded us that a foolish consistency is not characteristic of an open mind. I am convinced that the life trail I have been blazing since my birth at the Gotham hospital has contributed in no small way to who I am, including getting up the courage quite a few years ago to write these essays.

My journey to Hawthorn Hill was as zigzaggy as anyone else’s, but it started when, as a very young boy, I spent some summers with the Crowe family in the little hamlet of Quaker Street, just down the road from here on Route 7.

While not truly a working farm, there were cows, chickens, lots of land, chores, and, perhaps my favorite task, tamping down the hay thrown up on the hay wagon. Our days were filled with the things country boys do when they have free time. I learned about guns and gun safety when we would go out in the woods to shoot squirrels or crows. My love of country fairs, which I sorely missed during the height of the pandemic, started at the Altamont Fair where we showed our two Brown Swiss cows. Most importantly, I loved the family, felt loved by them, and the first place I visited after coming home from Vietnam was Quaker Street. To this day, when going to or coming home from Albany, I drive through Quaker Street, slowing down just to give all those wonderful memories a chance to paddle slowly into consciousness. I always think of the first cup of coffee I ever had at Gibby’s diner, still across the street from the corner store. Quaker Street really is no more than a street, at least from the outside. But as is the case with thousands of small towns, their inner lives are just as vibrant and meaningful to those living there as anywhere else, large or small. I have always been grateful that my life trail ran through Quaker Street and led me here to Hawthorn Hill. I believe that each of us ends up where he belongs. The places we visit and the people we meet along the way inform the ways in which we interact with the world. As Moor puts it, stick to the trail, your trail. I think Gabby would agree.

Jim Kevlin

From Cooperstown to Tempe

The heat in the Phoenix area was our greatest fear, and summertime highs of 120+ need to be respected: Drink a lot of water, wear a straw cowboy hat, and stay in the shade.

If you’re retired, perfect. Do what needs to be done in the early hours (8to-10-ish), stay inside during the day, then emerge again in late afternoon.

(Another benefit of retirement: Stay off the highways during rush hour.

Otherwise, it takes us 15-20 minutes to get anywhere we want to go.)

Today, Sunday, Aug. 24, it’s 84 degrees, very pleasant.

Publisher Tara Barnwell suggested a column comparing our new home, Tempe, Ariz., with Otsego County, and that’s what everybody asks about first, the temperature.

As it happens, my wife Sylvia and I got it backwards. We pursued exciting careers — newspaper publisher and Methodist pastor, respectively, in a 61,000 Upstate county — then retired to the 11th largest MSA — Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler, 4.8 million population.

Phoenix, with 1.7 million people, is the nation’s fifth largest city, compared

billion — expansion to its local plant, generating 3,000 construction jobs, then 3,000 new jobs, raising its “hitech, high wage” permanent local workforce to 15,000.

On Aug. 23, Facebook announced an $800 million data center in Mesa, “among the most advanced energyand water-efficient” such facilities in the world, creating 1,500 construction jobs and 100 permanent jobs.

A mile from our Tempe home, the ASU Research Park hosts GoDaddy, Edward Jones, Shutterfly and a dozen other sizeable facilities. Any one of them would have transformed Otsego County. For the better? Well…

Yes, the Valley of the Sun, as the Phoenix area is called, is astonishing.

Big, bold, booming.

But Otsego County, of course, is astonishing in itself. Beautiful, historic, home to Hall of Fame and higher education, ambitious on a different scale, a Monet to a Frederick Church, as Fenimore Art Museum fans might put it.

While Sylvia and I may enjoy the massive Superstition Mountains, they remind us of last autumn’s Sunday drives on unpaved country tracks through brilliant foliage — and so much more.

And some things stay the same … oops, I’m late for my Moderna booster.

Jim Kevlin was editor, publisher and proprietor of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta and www.AllOTSEGO.com for 15 years before his April 18 retirement.

with the villages of Cooperstown (1,738) and Milford (415). The Phoenix metroplex is 80 miles across, from Cooperstown to the other side of Albany.

Country mice go to the city, and how.

Our first impression of our new home was its vitality. Lots of young people, many of them tech and dotcom professionals who are pouring over the border from California.

To absorb these new people, homes, condos and apartments are rising everywhere. There’s the equivalent of a Lofts on Dietz under construction at every corner.

Phoenix and its suburbs are built on a grid — simple, once you get and hang of it — and there are shopping centers in each of the four corners of just about every intersection. All the chains — from Starbucks to Walmart — have outlets everywhere.

After promoting economic development on The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta editorial page for 15 years, the contrast around here is overwhelming.

Take Intel, which seven months ago announced a $20 billion — yes,

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The Freeman’s Journal welcomes letters to the editor that reflect the writer’s thoughts on an article or other item appearing in the paper.

They must include the writer’s name, address, email and telephone/ mobile number; the opinions expressed must be the writer’s own.

Hostile, offensive, factually incorrect or excessively inflammatory content will not be published. The length must be no more than 250 words.

The editors reserve the right to accept, reject or edit letters for clarity and space. Please send letters to: info@allotsego.com.

A good friend gave me a book several days ago, convinced that I too would enjoy it: On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor. It is wonderful when several pages into a new book one feels right at home and looks forward to the journey. This book is about the journeys that constitute each of our lives. Our lives can be tracked, just as an experienced hunter can track a deer. Moor writes that “Without trails, we would be lost.” Even if one chooses not to track one’s life, one does leave a trail. We make decisions that determine which turn in the road we might take. Robert Frost famously wrote about choosing one of two roads, and having chosen to follow the road less traveled made quite a difference. But every choice makes a difference and thus becomes just another tile in the mosaic of our lives.

Choices, conscious or unconscious, become the trail markers of our lives. Over the course of a normal lifetime many possible pathways are available. The possibilities are infinite. And yet, to a very large extent, the choices we make are determined by, I believe, our essential selves.

The books we choose to read, other than those required by former English teachers like me, reveal much about our individual ways of being. I doubt if any of us often sit down and ask ourselves this question: Now, what are the assumptions that inform my thoughts and actions? Probably not a bad idea to consider once in a while. For instance, Moor’s book invites me to reconstruct the pathway that led me here to this hill we call home. My journey started in a hospital in midtown New York City that no longer exists. There is another part of one’s journey that is equally significant. It is the not always straight-line path of one’s inclinations, biases, general world view, and ongoing sense of one’s self that determines how one might, for instance, vote in an election. The decisions one makes about whom to vote for, and why, are part and parcel of that arduous hike down a trail often buffeted by existential exigencies that affect how we feel about an infinite variety of things.

Not unlike others, my perspective of things in general, while grounded in what I consider to be defensible values

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LETTERS Did you know we live in the Mohawk Valley Region?

Traveling east on I-88 at exit 12 (mile marker 46) there is a relatively new NYS sign promoting area businesses.

At the bottom of the sign in huge letters it says: “MOHAWK VALLEY REGION”!

This is blatantly incorrect and misleading. We live in the region of the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. The source of the Susquehanna River is in Otsego County at Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N.Y. From these headwaters the Susquehanna Valley traverses through our area, continuing all the way to the Chesapeake Bay. The phrase Mohawk Valley Region on this sign is wrong.

It is wrong historically, geographically and geologically.

These are actual facts that cannot be disputed.

This sign as it appears is a discredit to our area. It is misleading to tourists and others travelling through. It should either be corrected to say Upper Susquehanna Region, or perhaps Leatherstocking Region, or it should be removed! Period.

Call the following DOT and NYS officials to request

correction or removal of this sign: Brian Kelly, DOT Region 9, 607-721-8116 Bud Sweet, DOT, 607-721-8609 Don Pencak, DOT, 607-721-8114 Sen. Peter Oberacker, 607-432-5524 Please get involved and help to correctly promote our area.

Buzz Hesse Otego I just wanted to say how much I’ve been enjoying the “Dog Charmer” column that Tom Shelby writes for All Otsego. My husband and I have a rescue dog of our own, and it’s been really helpful to hear other people’s experiences and Tom’s advice for them. I had a question that was answered one week, and Tom gave some wonderful feedback that I hadn’t considered before.

I hope the column continues, as I really look forward to reading it every time a new one comes out!

Katie Huntington Oneonta

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THURSDAY, november 4, 2021

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5 OTHER VOICES, OTHER VIEWS

Public banks and our local economy

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

210 YEARS AGO

Notice — All persons indebted to the estate of William Cooper, of Cooperstown, County of Otsego, and State of New York, deceased, are requested to make payment to the subscribers; and all persons, having demands against said estate, are requested to present the same for settlement.

Richard Fennimore Cooper, Isaac Cooper, Executors.

Public Notice — The proprietors of the Otsego Library, are requested to meet on Wednesday, the third of January, at 3 p.m. at the house of William A. Boyd — to adopt such measures as shall be thought advisable. A general and particular invitation is hereby given by order of the trustees, Wm. A. Boyd, Librarian. N.B. It is requested that all books be returned at the above time.

January 6, 1811

Adrian Kuzminski’s recent article on the benefits of local business ownership and how a simple regulation can effectively hold off big business consolidation gives us another opportunity to better understand the current state of rural economies like ours.

The consolidation and productivity increases in the dairy industry have nearly wiped out the small business farm economy in our region. That economy supported myriad small businesses such as mechanics, electricians, feeds stores, and so on that kept their profits and capital here.

This capital was deposited in local banks like Wilber National and reinvested here as this was their market.

In 2020, Otsego County lost our remaining, local, full-service bank — The Bank of Cooperstown — when Wayne Bank, a mid-sized regional bank located in northeast Pennsylvania, purchased it. The name has not changed yet due to the Bank of Cooperstown’s strong local brand.

Don’t be surprised when this happens.

Prior to this merger, our other local bank, Wilber National Bank was bought out by the much larger, regional Community Bank NA in 2011. Don’t let the name fool you.

According to 2020 FDIC data, Community Bank NA out of DeWitt, N.Y., has assets of $13.6 billion compared to $1.8 billion for the Wayne Bank and $464 million for the Bank of Cooperstown (USNY

Bank). Prior to the takeover, Wilber National Bank had $895 million in assets.

The rampant consolidation of banking in the United States, now entering its third generation, has created very large financial institutions almost totally disconnected to local communities. The days of George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the local building and loan are long gone.

Larger regional banks are much less likely to underwrite loans to small businesses with local markets and especially to start-up businesses that tend to be higher risk due to the need for working capital to run the operation until it is profitable.

Even more perverse is that larger regional banks have the resources to offer up to 85 percent guaranteed Small Business Administration or USDA agricultural loans. Many small, local banks do not have these resources. Combined with normal underwriting standards, the guaranteed loans are essentially risk free for the bigger banks. The upshot is no guarantee, no loan for many small businesses.

A thriving local economy needs a strong local bank. New York State Senate Bill S1762A allows the chartering of public banks whose public benefit purpose is “achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and

addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.”

A public bank provides the services of commercial bank with those services confined to their community. The bill would also allow public ownership of the bank.

A locally oriented, public bank would be a better evaluator of higher risk loans, give local depositors, county and municipal governments and investors a way to directly invest in their communities, and stem the flow of local dollars to regional and megabanks using our citizens deposits to support loans in other places. The profits of the bank could directly reduce local taxes too.

There currently is one public bank in the United States, the Bank of North Dakota, although many exist in Europe and elsewhere. Using the Bank of North Dakota’s returns, we can envision an Otsego County Public Bank with assets of $900 million returning $10 million to the local tax base. That is almost the entire pre-pandemic Otsego County property tax levy of $12 million.

Otsego County would be wellserved to have a public bank to fill the void created by the loss of Wilber National and the Bank of Cooperstown.

Wayne Mellor is the chair of Sustainable Otsego, an informal social network and non-partisan political action committee based in Otsego County

RICHARD STERNBERG, M.D.

160 YEARS AGO

New Type — The Journal commences the New Year with a complete and beautiful “new dress” from the celebrated foundry of Conner & Sons, New York — an improvement rendered necessary by the amount of work the old type had sustained during a period of upwards of four years. All the advertisements will be reset by another week. The general typographical features of the paper are retained.

January 6, 1861

135 YEARS AGO

Slave to fashion — She was dressing for church and the bells had continued to ring. He was impatiently waiting and when it came to placing in position an article of feminine attire that had been omitted in its regular order he suggested that it was an unnecessary appendage.

“Yes, but it is the fashion.” “But remember you are going to church, and the fashion of this world passeth away.”

“True, my dear, but the bustle of the world does not!”

January 10, 1886

110 YEARS AGO

Deputy County Clerk Robert O. Marshall came downtown New Year’s morning and spotted Muggs, the Orphan House donkey walking dolefully down the middle of the street alone and unattended. Imbued with the beneficent spirit of the season, Marshall concluded that Muggs must have wandered away and was lost and thus needed shelter, food and care. When the Good Samaritan approached, Muggs flopped one of its hind legs, then both of them.

After a while Mr. Marshall coaxed Muggs into the Lettis livery stable, telling the landlord thereof to feed him and when he came again that way he would repay him. Mr. Lettis fed the donkey a bale of hay and then telephoned the matron that her orphan child was in his custody. The request came back that Muggs be again liberated; that he was only taking his morning walk and would come back home when he got ready.

January 8, 1911

Life/COVID 67.0 Evolution

On the one hand the media is reporting the number of cases of COVID-19 is receding in the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Delta variant wave of the pandemic has passed its peak. On the other hand, it states that that the approaching winter season and holidays present another opportunity for cases to increase.

I read a report on October 28 that “Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie see virus deaths.” It pointed out that the unvaccinated were more likely to require hospitalization and spread the infection. In the prior week there had been 5 deaths across the three counties. There were several hundred active cases. Of course, this cannot begin to find those people who have active COVID but were minimally or not at all symptomatic but can still spread the disease. Statewide the day before there were 35 deaths and 4,284 new cases. Granted, compared to what we experienced before, this is a major improvement but I think our perspectives are warped by how horrific things had been previously, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, in the United States.

Nevertheless, it is 35 mostly unnecessary deaths and 4,200 people who are at risk of developing Long COVID symptoms.

It’s been reported that the Delta wave of COVID-19 has passed its peak but the average number of cases per day is 72,000. This equals 500,000/week. This is down about 50% from the peak in August but we are still talking about 9,000 deaths per week.

Some experts think we may be at a turning point. Others remind us that we have seen this scenario before and that the numbers can come back again. Some places are seeing surges of hospitalizations while others are abating quickly. This seems closely aligned with the percentage vaccinated.

I read an article that described a study where a large number of school children were tested for antibodies and about 40% were positive even though almost none reported previously known disease. The only reasonable conclusion was that those children had all been infected before.

Another piece of interesting news is that the vaccines give better immunity than having experienced the disease. In an article published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review, MMWR, published by the CDC, a multicenter study found

that vaccines were more effective in preventing serious illness than having previously experienced the disease. In fact, the odds were calculated as being 5.5 times higher in patients that had been exposed and not vaccinated than those who had been vaccinated with vaccines approved in the United States. The take away recommendation is that “all eligible persons should be vaccinated as soon as possible, including unvaccinated persons previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.”

My thoughts on what an individual should do are evolving. I still believe, if not even more so now, that everyone should be vaccinated.

Having had COVID is not enough of a stimulus to give the most protective long-term immune response.

I still believe in social distancing and wearing masks, though they are apparently not as necessary outdoors.

I avoid eating in crowded restaurants though I have returned to eating at restaurants that space their tables. I am fully vaccinated and have had a booster recently.

Unfortunately, even now this is not a disease where we are morally free to completely make our own decisions. If we get infected, a number of people around us are at risk of getting infected and one of those people may not be able to mount a response to the disease.

Opinion

Public Radio Otsego

Most Freeman’s Journal readers of a certain vintage have fond memories of radio stations from their youth, usually the pop stations that provided the proverbial “soundtrack of our lives.” Until the late 1970s, public radio programming consisted largely of classical music, with scholarly announcers flaunting their German and reciting the serial numbers of the recordings they played. Often, these stations offered eccentric and creative free-form programs as well. Jack Nicholson played such a radio host in the 1972 film The King of Marvin Gardens.

By the early 1990s, National Public Radio (NPR) had taken over the FM public airwaves like an insidious invasive species that at first seems so cute and cuddly.

Think of a different movie — Gremlins.

In some cities it became possible to hear the same celebrity interview on Fresh Air, Fresh Air Weekend, and Best of Fresh Air all on the same day. Twenty years later, the situation is worse, but with some heartening exceptions in our area. These deserve your support.

Our area is served by three major public radio entities. WCNY — “Classic FM” — in Syracuse remains heroically committed to classical music programming, while also providing regular venues for jazz, bluegrass, and Frank Sinatra. Its hosts are engaging

and expert. Unfortunately, both my home stereo receiver and car radio often struggle to pick up the station’s signal.

WAMC in Albany is the station that grabbed my attention when I first came here. For one thing, it had steadfastly declined to become just another NPR franchise. For another, it had the wonderful “Radio Deluxe,” hosted by guitar hero John Pizzarelli. I was charmed that its management, under CEO Dr. Alan Chartock — like Jill Biden, he is always introduced as “Dr.” — did not hide its political leanings, in contrast to the earnest neutrality of most stations.

Alas, it turns out that Dr. Chartock has been, like James Joyce’s Mr. Browne, “laid on like the gas.” He is interviewer, interviewee, host, guest, resident expert, publisher, all while giving us daily updates about his morning walk: these on The Round Table, the morning show hosted from 9 a.m. to noon by the amiable Joe Donahue. In recent years, The Round Table’s daily panel — consisting of local academic, media, and political insiders — has been consumed by Chartock’s all-consuming loathing for all things Donald Trump. The resulting sanctimony and dogmatism are sometimes too much even for this Trump-loathing listener. Over 3.2 million New Yorkers voted for Trump

in 2020 — including a majority of Otsego County voters — but if any one of them has been on The Round Table panel, I missed it. WAMC’s saving grace, though, is hiding in plain sight: newsman and utility host Ray Graf is the real world’s ambassador to the station: witty, wily, and just plain fun to listen to, Graf brings to the station the verve and the voice of old fashioned AM radio. He has great taste in music and, one suspects, beer.

WSKG in Binghamton embodies the recent history of public radio outlets everywhere. Long a dependable source for classical music and opera, and a supporter of the local arts scene in the southern tier, several years ago the station demoted music programming to its subsidiary signals and replaced it with — you guessed it — more NPR content: the endless talking head shows (minus the heads), with names like The Takeaway, Here & Now, On Point, and worst of all, 1A. Their hosts seem to spend most of their time saying things like “We’re just about out of time” or “We have twenty seconds before we have to take a break” or “We’re coming up to the break…”

Like WAMC, WSKG is committed to local news. Whereas WAMC coverage focuses on the major municipalities — Albany, Springfield, Pittsfield — WSKG

often offers thoughtful, thematically focused coverage relevant to wider portions of its service area, which includes parts of northern Pennsylvania. WAMC’s core audience is the Albany/Berkshires region.

Neither station devotes any real time to Otsego County or its neighbors. To be fair, WAMC’s Alan Chartock would occasionally check in with former Freeman’s Journal editor/publisher Jim Kevlin, but the distinctive dynamics of our region go largely unexplored.

What’s the solution? We need public radio of our own. Broadcast licenses are not easily come by. Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta might be encouraged to seek out such opportunities. Perhaps local foundations could fund coverage of our area by some of the stations mentioned here. Broadcast voices that arise from and serve our region, not just Oneonta and Cooperstown, but the outer boroughs as well — Worcester, Laurens, Plainfield, Exeter, Westford, et al. — would complement the print media outlets like The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta already in place and enrich the quality of our engagements with our neighbors, business leaders, farmers, artists, and public policy makers.

Timothy Peters Schuyler Lake

THURSDAY, November 4, 2021

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

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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: P.O. Box 1318, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of The Little Farmers Market LLC, Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y. of State (SSNY) 7/12/21.

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 128 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY. 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, December 02, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com.

A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed

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on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat.

252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federallyassisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF

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NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 02: New York State Department of Transportation 207 Genesee Street, Utica, NY, 13501 D264684, PIN DRC321, FA Proj , Albany, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington Cos., Debris Removal Throughout Eastern Upstate New York., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $375,000.00), Goals: DBE: 5.00% 2LegalNov.11 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of 107 Main Otego LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/13/21.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Pamela Wik-Grimm, 85 Main St., Binghamton, NY 13905.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FILING OF ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK

BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name: Cooperstown Distilling Company LLC. Articles of Organization filed with sec. of state of NY(SOS) on 2/6/2013.

Office location: Otsego County.

SOS is designated as agent of LLC for service of process.

SOS shall mail copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY TAX DEED BY THE COUNTY OF

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The Otsego County Board of Representatives hereby invites sealed bids for the purchase from the County of Otsego of the following property: Town of Roseboom Tax Map 118.00-2-12.11 .79 acres, located at Middlefield Road PUBLIC REVIEW: WEEKDAYS PUBLIC REVIEW LOCATION OTSEGO COUNTY Treasurer’s Office 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 PROPERTY SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER “AS IS”, SUBJECT TO OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD APPROVAL Bids must be received by 3:00pm on, November 30, 2021 at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office, 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. No late bids will be accepted.

The minimum acceptable bid is two hundred fifty dollars ($50). Payment in full of the bid price is due in certified or bank check or by wire transfer within 5 business days of the bid opening which will take place at 3:30 pm on November 30,2021.

Payment of the balance is due within 5 business days of approval by the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

THIS IS A LANDLOCKED PARCEL Bid forms and terms and conditions of sale may be obtained at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office located at 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or on the Otsego County website at www. otsegocounty.com.

Only bids submitted on the Bid Form provided by the County will be considered. Picture, description of described parcel and other information will be available for inspection at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office at 197 Main St in Cooperstown, NY from 9:00am - 4:00pm, except holidays, or at www. otesgocounty.com.

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

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OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY TAX DEED BY THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO The Otsego County Board of Representatives hereby invites sealed bids for the purchase from the County of Otsego of the following property:

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company

D&A PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC

INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED

BY TAX DEED BY THE COUNTY OF OTSEGO

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company

PUBLIC REVIEW LOCATION OTSEGO COUNTY Treasurer’s Office 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

3.15 acres, located at 8 Green Acres Lane PUBLIC REVIEW: WEEKDAYS PUBLIC REVIEW LOCATION OTSEGO COUNTY Treasurer’s Office 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 PROPERTY SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER “AS IS”, SUBJECT TO OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD APPROVAL

Due to the conditions of this parcel, there will be no public tour of the property.

Bids must be received by 3:00pm on, November 30,2021 at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office, 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. No late bids will be accepted.

The minimum acceptable bid is two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Payment in full of the bid price is due in certified or bank check or by wire transfer within 5 business days of the bid opening which will take place at 3:30 pm on November 30,2021.

Payment of the balance is due within 5 business days of approval by the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

Bid forms and terms and conditions of sale may be obtained at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office located at 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or on the Otsego County website at www. otsegocounty.com.

Bid forms and terms and conditions of sale may be obtained at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office located at 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326 or on the Otsego County website at www. otsegocounty.com.

Only bids submitted on the Bid Form provided by the County will be considered. Picture, description of described parcel and other information will be available for inspection at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office at 197 Main St in Cooperstown, NY from 9:OOam - 4:00pm, except holidays, or at www. otesgocounty.com.

The County reserves the right to reject

Only bids submitted on the Bid Form provided by the County will be considered. Picture, description of described parcel and other information will be available for inspection at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office at 197 Main St in Cooperstown, NY from 9:00am 4:00pm, except holidays, or at www. otesgocounty.com.

The County reserves the right to reject

The minimum acceptable bid is two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Payment in full of the bid price is due in certified or bank check or by wire transfer within 5 business days of the bid opening which will take place at 3:30 pm on November 30,2021.

Payment of the balance is due within 5 business days of approval by the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

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Tax Map 336.00-1-46.31

Bids must be received by 3:00pm on, November 30, 2021 at the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office, 197 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. No late bids will be accepted.

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PROPERTY SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER “AS IS”, SUBJECT TO OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD APPROVAL

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Tax Map 221.13-2-73.00

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The Otsego County Board of Representatives hereby invites sealed bids for the purchase from the County of Otsego of the following property: Town of Unadilla

Town of Morris

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Tech 99 LLC, Articles of Organization, filed with SSNY on 06/02/2021.

Tech 99 is located in Otsego County and its purpose is any lawful act or activity.

SSNY is designated agent of the LLC upon whom a process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail any process to Tech 99 LLC, 5001 State Hwy 3 #179, Oneonta, NY 13820 6LegalDec.9 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of BOSS LANDSCAPE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/5/2021.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Boss Landscape, LLC, 1545 County Highway 25, Richfield Springs, NY 13439 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

6LegalDec.2 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of DGL Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/28/21.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 25 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Arts. of Org. of D&A Property Holdings, LLC (“LLC”) filed with Dept. of State of NY on September 30, 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 297 Dutch Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820, principal business address. LLC does not have a specific date of dissolution.

Purpose: All legal purposes. Amy L. Earing: Lavelle & Finn, LLP, 29 British American Bl., Latham, NY 12110.

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EX MACHINA NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/10/21.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Soraya Victory, 425 E 58th St, Apt 31E, NY, NY 10022.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 24 September 2021.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 418, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.

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

6LegalNov.11 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: 26 GENESEE ST CV LLC.

App. for Auth. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/29/21.

LLC was organized in PA on 3/28/2011.

Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC process may be served. SSNY to mail process to 4599 Applebutter Rd., Perkasie, PA 18944, which is also the required office. Cert of Org filed with: SSPA,302 North St., Harrisburg, PA 17120.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 24 September 2021.

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Before they got to the World Series, they played at Dreams Park

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By Charlie Vascellaro For almost three decades, youth baseball players from all over the country have been chasing their big-league dreams all the way to Cooperstown’s Dreams Park, and this year’s 2021 Major League World Series represents the physical manifestation of those dreams coming true.

More than 500 Dreams Park alumni have made it to the big leagues and seven of them are members of this year’s Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves World Series combatants.

Michael Brantley

Michael Brantley, (Florida Muddogs, 1999, Florida) boasts a .298 career batting average over 13 Major League seasons racking up 1,571 hits with a .795 OPS (on-base + slugging percentage). Brantley was born on May 15, 1987, in Bellevue Washington and attended Fort Pierce Central High School in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the amateur draft in 2005, and made his big-league debut September 1, 2009, with the Cleveland Indians. A five-time All-Star most recently being named to the 2021 AL team, Brantley finished third in AL MVP voting in 2014 reaching career-highs with 20 home runs, 90 RBI, 200 hits and .327 batting average.

Chas. McCormick

Rookie outfielder Chas. McCormick (West Chester Wildcats, Pennsylvania, 2007) was born on April 19, 1995 in West Chester, Pennsylvania and made his big-league debut

with the Houston Astros on Opening Day, April 1, 2021.

Drafted by the Astros in 2017, McCormick hit .257 with 14 home runs and 50 RBI in 108 games for the Astros in 2021.

Kyle Tucker

With the look of a seasoned veteran, Kyle Tucker (Sal Urso’s High Performance, Florida, 2009) mashed 30 home runs with 92 RBI and a .294 batting average for the Astros in 2021 adding two pairs of home runs in each of the first two rounds of the post season against the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. Tucker was born on January 17, 1997 and selected by the Astros with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2015 draft.

Tyler Matzek

Hard-throwing, left-handed relief pitcher Tyler Matzek (Brea Crimson Tide, California, 2003) made 69 relief appearances for the Braves in 2021, striking out 77 batters in 63 innings. Matzek was born on October 19, 1990 in Mission Veijo, California, and was a first round draft pick (eleventh overall) of the Colorado Rockies in 2009. He made his big-league debut with the Rockies in 2014. He struggled with control problems early in his career and stepped away from the game briefly in 2017 before mounting a comeback that brought him back to the major leagues with the Braves in 2020.

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Six-year MLB veteran shortstop Dansby Swanson

Cherry Valley-Springfield’s boys’ varsity soccer wraps up at Sectional IV Class D Finals

By Lisa Hershey Cherry Valley-Springfield’s boys’ varsity soccer season ended Saturday after a string of upsets took them to the Section IV Class D Finals.

The team started the season with some inconsistent play which included an overtime loss to the combined team Milford/Laurens in the Tri-Valley Semifinals. Lead by Coach Jennifer Moore, Cherry Valley-Springfield rallied in sectionals, upsetting fifthseed Margaretville 4-3 on October 22, in Cherry Valley.

The game was competitive from start to finish, with many shots fired at Cherry Valley-Springfield goalie Gavin Valenta throughout 80 minutes of play.

Cherry Valley’s Allan Parker scored early with an assist from Will Heinrich and a second goal by Oskar Webster Photo Credit: Shannon Rockwell from the outside in the first 20 minutes.

Margaretville retaliated with three Cherry Valley-Springfield’s Will Heinrich and Allan Parker celebrate goals, moving ahead to take the game victory of Margaretville with teammates Dylan Huff, Oskar Webster, to 3-2. Will Heinrich drove through Kris Cade and Bryden Houk in background the Margaretville defense resulting in a defensive penalty in the goalbox, then early from one of many game-changing fought game, with freshman Kris Kade took the opportunity to find the back of passing sequences initiated by Dylan scoring a goal in the first half. CVHuff from the midfield.

Springfield closed out the season with the net to tie the score (3-3).

A second goal early in the first half handshakes for South Kortright, wishing Allan Parker made what would be by Oskar Webster assisted by Will them good luck representing Section 4 the game-winning goal In the final nine minutes of the second half with an Heinrich temporarily put Marathon as they advance to Regionals.

“From the very start in preseason assist from Will Heinrich, lofting the on its heels, but they came back hard ball into the upper left-hand corner. On with a goal late in the second half. CV- these boys were respectful, focused defense Joey Presley and Kyle France Springfield’s Will Heinrich was quick and eager to play,” said Coach Jennifer relentlessly cut off multiple attacks for to set the tone with a hard shot to the Moore as she summarized the season. both sides eliminating multiple oppor- back of the net before the half leaving “Not a large group but a great group! tunities for Margaretville to score into the score a 3-1. In the second half The boys always carried themselves the final minutes winning the game for CV-Springfield goalie Gavin Valenta with pride and dignity.” continued to deflect multiple shots fired “From the start the boys were Cherry Valley-Springfield.

Cherry Valley-Springfield advanced with the help of a goal line clearance champions, they identified themselves to the semifinals against number one by Bryden Houk. Will Heinrich closed as winners regardless of the score,” seed Marathon on Thursday in Oneonta the game with a final goal leaving the she enthused. “They were always committed to being better than they at the Wright National Soccer Campus. score 4-1.

The next day, though, CV-Springfield were the day before! That made all the CV-Sprigfield’s Allan Parker scored fell to South Kortright 5-1 in a hard- difference.”

(Peachtree National, Georgia, 2006) enjoyed a breakout season in 2021 reaching career highs with 27 home runs and 88 RBI in 160 games. Swanson was born in Kennesaw, Georgia on February 11, 1994, and selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 38th round of the 2012 draft. He declined to sign and was picked by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2015 draft. He was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Braves for pitcher Shelby Miller in 2015.

Kyle Wright

Right-handed pitcher Kyle Wright (Viper Baseball Academy, AL, 2008) is still in the early stages of his bigleague career appearing in 21 games for the Braves since 2018. Wright was selected by the Braves with the 5th pick in the first round of the 2017 draft.

Ian Anderson

Right-handed pitcher Ian Anderson (Clifton Park, New York, 2009, 2011) made his mark during the pandemic-shortened season of 2020 finishing seventh in Rookie of the Year voting, posting a 3-2 win/loss record with a 1.95 ERA in 32 innings. Anderson went 9-5 with a 3.58 ERA in 24 starts in 2021 and has been nearly flawless over the course of two post seasons with the Braves posting a 4-0 record with a 1.26 ERA in 35 innings.

While the results of the 2021 World Series were still pending at the time of this publication, Dreams Park alumni have already left their imprint and will continue to do so.

The Head of the Fish Regatta

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The Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga County is one of the largest rowing regattas in the country. Members of OAR, Otsego Area Rowing, participated in the regatta last weekend. Women’s Masters Quad: Andrea Thies, Faith Gay, Abby Rodd, Alison Lord. Fourth fastest raw time but had a penalty: 14:06.35. Boy’s Junior Under 15: Creighton Williams: 17:24.48. Girls Junior Freshman Novice: Charlotte Feury and Isabel Dudek: top half: 19:44.95. Pictured: Creighton Williams after the finish on Saturday.

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OBITUARIES Michael L. Faddis, 79

Altamont, N.Y. — Michael L. Faddis, 79, passed peacefully on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 with his loving family by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer; never losing hope.

Mike was born in Annapolis, Md., the son of the late James Morris Faddis and Violet Tucker Faddis.

In addition to his parents, Michael was predeceased by his son, Stephen, and brother, Jerry. He is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Kathleen (Wilmot) and his children Christopher (Gina),

Brian, Lori (Joseph), and Amy. He was the beloved grandfather to Claire (Patrick), K y l e , Michael L. Katherine, Faddis R y a n (Morgan), Courtney, and Aaron. He is also survived by his brothers, Sam (Gina) and Matthew (Lyly), and many nieces and nephews.

Spent retirement on Otsego Lake

Raised in a military family, he attended many schools, most notably, in Ville, France. He graduated from El Capitan High School in Santee, Calif. Mike loved to share his story of how he hitchhiked from California to the east coast once he learned of his acceptance to the University of Maryland, where he was a member of the track team.

Mike began his professional career at Grand Union, working his way up to national produce buyer. This motivated him to open his

own retail nursery and farm market. 16 years experience in the produce field led to a sales position with United Apple Sales. Eventually he became a partner with N.Y. Apple Sales. Mike spent the next 25 years helping to grow the business into becoming a leader in the industry.

Since retiring 14 years ago, Mike and Kathy enjoyed their vacation homes. Their time in Cooperstown, began 28 years ago. Family memories made at the lake were some of their happiest times.

Fishing, boating, and hiking

filled their days. They tackled projects at the lake with gusto. More recently, they enjoyed the snowbird life in Ponce Inlet, Fla. Always looking for an adventure they took long drives from the Everglades, to Key West, to the Ocala Forest. Mike loved boating on the St. John’s River hunting, for alligators.

He never missed an opportunity to frighten one of the grandkids with a too-close gator encounter.

Thank you to our great family, friends and especially the Brandle Meadows

community for all their prayers and support.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021 from 12 to 3 p.m. at New Comer Cremations & Funerals, 343 New Karner Road, Colonie, N.Y. Immediately following a memorial service will take place at 3 p.m. Burial will be at Springfield Cemetery in East Springfield, N.Y., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at 11 a.m. All current Covid protocols will be in place.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice.

the Cooperstown marry, and settle in Emergency Squad, St. Petersburg. He where he responded spent many years to over 1,000 calls. investing in and He also served renovating homes, as president of as well as providing the Chamber of mortgage brokerage Commerce and was services.

Anita president of the CCS was his biggest Alumni Association. supporter, and by Richard C. He and his family his side when he Butler took advantage of passed. all that Cooperstown Throughout his had to offer, particularly whole life, his true passion Otsego Lake, where his was flying. He first flew an ChrisCraft ski boat was a airplane in the early 1960s, fixture. He was a member of and eventually received his the First Baptist Church and pilot’s license in the 1970s, American Legion Post 579. going on to receive an instruIn the mid 1980s, Dick ment rating and commercial moved to Florida to pursue a license. In the late 2000s, he warmer climate and a career achieved a lifelong dream and in real estate. It was here purchased a Lake Amphibian that he would meet and fall airplane and enjoyed flying in love with Anita Gettys, it off the waters in Florida.

He also loved to travel and see new places, and has been to every state except Hawaii, nine countries, the Bahamas and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dick had many dreams, many of which he realized, and others that eluded him.

However, he always felt that his faith and family were all that mattered. He was an eternal optimist and had a smile that put everyone at ease.

The family will hold a private burial service at Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown. Memorial gifts can be made to the Cooperstown Fire Department, PO Box 1, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

The Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown is assisting the Butler Family.

Richard Clyde Butler, 82 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Richard C. “Dick” Butler, 82, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and native son of Cooperstown, passed away Oct. 19, 2021.

He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Anita Gettys Butler of St. Petersburg, Fla.; son Brian Butler of Woburn, Mass., daughterin-law Siobhan and granddaughters Joanie and Sinead; daughter Wendy Macfarlane of Essex, Vt., granddaughters Alexandra, Jill and Megan, and great-granddaughter Lucy; son Keith Butler of Honeoye Falls, daughter-in-law Jennifer and granddaughter Mairen; sister Susan Butler McCullough of Cazenovia, husband John; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was especially proud of his

granddaughters and greatgranddaughter. He was predeceased by his parents Clyde and Agnes Butler; sister Jean Butler Olin, brother-in-law Richard Olin; and former wife Gail Thomas Pillar.

Dick was born at Bassett Hospital, on May 11, 1939, and graduated from Coopers-town High School in 1956, where he lettered in basketball and baseball, and was active in many clubs, including Student Council.

In 1956 he was awarded the CCS sportsmanship trophy.

Upon graduation, he attended St. Lawrence University, and before finishing, enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served from 1959-1960 and 1961-1962. Upon discharge, he returned to St. Lawrence and received a BA degree

May 11, 1939 – October 19, 2021

in English in 1964. During this time, he married Gail Thomas, started a family, and went on to work for Key Bank in Albany, Honeywell in Needham Heights, Mass., Mohawk Data Sciences in Herkimer, and HewlettPackard in Framingham, Mass. In 1974, he returned to Cooperstown as a thirdgeneration owner/operator of Butler Press. He loved the opportunity to carry on the family printing business, be his own boss, and for his children to call Cooperstown home.

He was very active in the Cooperstown community, and particularly proud of his service in the Cooperstown Fire Department, where he was secretary and foreman of Engine Company 2, and

Leo James Alex, 78

December 3, 1942 – October 28, 2021 a passionate believer in the power of education and was proud of his work not just to teach mathematics, but to train future math teachers.

He is survived by his three daughters, Melissa (Lisa) Maria Miller, Elizabeth Ellen Alex and Katherine Demetra Alex; two sonsin-law, Stephen Miller and Earl Millett; five grandchildren, Abigail Rebecca Miller, Allison Elizabeth Miller, Thalia Alexandra Millett, George Demetri Alex and Phoebe Ellen Alex; his brother-in-law, George Malaktaris; nephew, Tony Malaktaris; and nieces, Maria Carpenter, Jami Thom and Rita Golden.

He was predeceased by his parents, James and Gladys Alex, and his sister, Georgia Malaktaris.

A Greek Orthodox funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption, 4752 N.Y. 23 in Windham, N.Y. 12496.

The burial will follow at Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

The SUNY Oneonta

Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics will also be holding an informal celebration of Leo’s life at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Leo’s memory may be made to the James L. and Gladys T. Alex Mathematics Scholarship Award. Checks made payable to the College at Oneonta Foundation, with “in memory of Dr. Leo Alex” on the memo line may be sent to the Division of College Advancement, 108 Ravine Pkwy, 308 Netzer Administration Building, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, N.Y. 13820. Gifts can also be made online at https:// oneontaalumni.com/tribute or over the phone by calling 607-436-2535.

Arrangements are by Oneonta’s only family owned funeral home, Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono at 51 Diet Street. Online condolences may be sent to, www. lhpfuneralhome.com

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Leo was a dedicated teacher and a fierce advocate for the department, its faculty and its students. He was the faculty advisor for the Sanford Society, the department’s student math club.

When he retired in 2013, he created a scholarship, in memory of his parents, to support outstanding SUNY Oneonta mathematics majors each year. He was a strong advocate for empowering women to succeed in the traditionally male-dominated field of mathematics, ahead of the times in his commitment to hiring strong female faculty for the department. He was a skilled teacher and strong mentor for many, many female math students — starting with his three daughters and four granddaughters.

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A respected scholar in his field, Leo won several research grants and published numerous papers, article reviews and problem proposals in mathematical journals, as well as presenting at professional conferences across the country. His primary research interests were in the areas of group theory, number theory and Diophantine equations.

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OBITUARIES Arthur J. Newell, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, son, cousin, nephew, brother-inlaw, son-in-law, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 27, 2021.

Born in New York City on June 25, 1949 to Vincent and Elizabeth Newell, Art grew up in Kings Park on Long Island where his profound connection with the water first took root.

He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 1971 from SUNY Albany, followed by a master’s in Biology at SUNY Oneonta where he did his research on Otsego Lake.

He was deeply devoted to environmental protection, spending the bulk of his career with the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation. Concerned with habitat loss and climate change, Art took great pride and satisfaction in fighting for legislation to protect the environment.

At 62, he retired from his role as DEC Bureau Chief

Arthur J. Newell, 72 – June 25, 1949 – October 27, 2021

of Fisheries and ways he protected Wildlife to pursue his and supported her. other great passion: Art was a proud, adventures with his loving father. wife Jackie “Ma His son, Michael Femme, Jacquille” Newell, and Newell, who he daughter, Danielle called “the sweetest Henrici, climbed “Mt. Daddy” when person in the world.”

Theirs was a true they were young, Arthur J. love story. They met then would follow Newell in Stamford, N.Y. with a game of while both working “rough” and somefor a biological consulting times a reading from Calvin firm and Jackie was first and Hobbes, one of Art’s drawn to Art’s warmth and favorites. (He did all the intelligence. He taught her voices, and all the faces, how to laugh out loud. too!) He called his children Throughout his years, Art “rascals” and “fidgets” interforged friendships wherever changeably, and nothing on he went, but the friends he earth made him happier than made as a young man were his family (including his cherished lifelong compan- golden retrievers). ions. He was an incredibly Art attended his son’s important part of the lives of every baseball game, all of his nieces and nephews, cheering him on with endless opening his arms to each of enthusiasm, but Michael’s them with tenderness and favorite childhood memories humor. His sister, Christine are when he got to play with Ryerson, remembers fondly his dad, countless hours of the multitude of scrapes and catch, hockey, and tennis scratches shared between together. Later in life, it them, as well as the many was the simple moments

spent canoeing, swimming, whose laughter filled a room Art donated his brain to and hiking while his father with joy and energy. He had further Alzheimer’s Disease pointed out each bird and great passion for music, art, research. This was who he tree species along the way. literature, theater, and dance. was and nothing can ever In recent years, it was the Art relished life and enjoyed change that. He will always quiet nights spent sharing testing his limitations. Above be “Art/Dad.” Always. their evening bowl of ice all, he was honest, truthful, The family will host cream while watching the ethical, and kind. It’s impos- a private memorial this Yankees. Danielle delighted sible to capture a person in November, followed by a in the animated way her words, but his stories and the larger celebration of his life father would regale a group way he impacted others will in Summer of 2022. In Art’s with tales of his esca- live on. memory, gifts may be made pades, and she will always The eternal scientist and a in his name to the Natural cherish the moments spent truly selfless human being, Resources Defense Council. dancing together — it felt like flying.

Daughterin-law, Kelly MurphyNewell, and son-in-law, Michael Henrici, enjoyed high-spirited banter with Art, who loved them as he did his own. “Grampus” did not get nearly enough time to play (he really loved to play) with his grandchildren, Dash and Vivi, but his love for them — and any others that may come along — is forever.

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Rising Water(colors), Cel #5 by Enid Ryce is part of the exhibit at The Smithy Gallery in Cooperstown. It is reminiscent of the Sleeping Lion at the end of Otsego Lake as well as the Glimmerglass Film Days logo.

By Tara Barnwell Glimmerglass Film Days returns November 4 and runs through November 11, featuring 26 feature-length films, two shorts, an art exhibition, filmmaker talks, restaurant specials, and guided walks around Cooperstown.

This year’s week-long festival, the ninth annual, reprises the 2020 virtual format but brings back the shared audience experience with the opportunity to view five of the featurelength films in person and view the exhibition “Rising Water(colors).”

“We’re excited about this year’s the films and shorts,” said Ellen Pope, Executive Director of Otsego 2000.

“Glimmerglass Film Days 2021 is an environmental film festival. We define our environment to include places we live and the historic fabric around us. The economic life that knits us all together, if you will.”

Festival organizers select films from a wide range of international and domestic titles, beginning their work after the team selects a theme each January. This year’s festival carries the theme RISE, exploring stories of courage and perseverance, loss and anger, love and reconciliation.

“We look at films that are not in the mass market,” Ms. Pope said. “Joey Katz is our programmer and Peg O’Dell our artistic director. Larry Bennett handles our fantastic creative, and we have the National Gallery of Art’s Peggy Parsons curating the show. They choose the films and seek out inter- Ellen Pope national film with artistic quality.”

“The filmmakers we choose are not focused on commercial or Hollywood ideals,” she said. “They truly want to tell their stories. It’s all about the independent filmmakers trying to get their stories out.”

Glimmerglass Film Days 2021 includes two filmmakers on-site for question-and-answer sessions: Suzanne Crocker with “First We Eat” and David Henry Gerson with “The Story Won’t Die.” Ms. Pope said this year’s festival brings a captivating exhibit at The Smithy on Pioneer Street.

“We also have an exhibit at The Smithy by Enid Ryce called ‘Rising Water(colors),” Ms. Pope said. “She created the

exhibit to make the documentary “War and the Weather,” one of our featured films. Hers is a ‘short’ — less than 60 seconds long — and it will play every hour on the hour at The Smithy.”

“This is a community event now,” she said. “Local restaurants are having specials, we have guided walks, a pop-up bookshop at The Smithy. This has been our plan – to provide something for locals during the ‘shoulder season and provide economic activity on Main Street.”

“None of this would be possible without our sponsors and individuals who donate in-kind and cash,” she said. “They’re our cheerleaders and we couldn’t do it without them!”

This year’s exhibit offers viewers the chance for full online access to each film on the festival schedule or to buy individual online film tickets.

For a complete schedule of films, events, and instructions on how to participate in the virtual viewings, go to www.glimmerglassfilmdays.org.

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For the first time since COVID-19 hit, things seem to be getting a little more back to normal, as we saw this past Halloween. Festivities were back in full force…parades, costume parties, pumpkin carvings…we had it all!

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Members of the Cooperstown High School Band marched down Main Street in this year’s parade, performing a rendition of the ‘Jaws’ theme.

Leading the march is Band Director Kerri Hogle; followed by Margaret Kaffo, saxophone; Cate Bohler, trumpet; Ava Lesko, trumpet; Lily Shanker, trombone; Elizabeth Hughes, trombone; Tara Phillips, Saxophone; Oliver Wasson, trumpet; Finn Morgan, bass drum.

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Levi, Gabriel and Christian Perrault were filling up their treat bags at Lynne Simmons’ cleverly decorated trunk at Trunk or Treat in Cooperstown on Friday, Oct. 29.

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Alisha Schneeberg, Layne Chapin, and Braymon Clark, Edmeston, were clowning around while handing out treats only at the Trunk or Treat event at The Railroad Inn in Cooperstown.

L-R: Lucy, Lori, and Diane Fink were handing out treats in front of Tin Bin Alley during Sunday’s Halloween Parade on Main Street in Cooperstown. They are dressed as a Tootsie Roll, Bazooka Gum, and a “Smartie” Pants.

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Pumpkins on display at the Cooperstown Art Association’s Pumpkin Glow on the lawn of the Village Library of Cooperstown.

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Oneonta High School band plays ‘Ghostbusters’ while marching down Main Street in the Oneonta Halloween Parade, Sunday, Oct.31.

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Someone’s knight in shining armor, Nicholas Horrath, was seen looking for a maiden in distress at the Black Oak Tavern’s Halloween Party in Oneonta.

Kevin Limiti Ted Potrikus

These are just a few of the jack-o-lanterns lining Route 20 along the rock walls leading east into Cherry Valley and, of course, west out of Cherry Valley. It’s a tradition!

Gage Olmstead as a Union soldier with his dog Angus, at the Oneonta Halloween Parade.

Bridget Stiff Huntington Memorial Library

Jack-o-lanterns were on display Friday, Oct.29, in Huntington Park, Oneonta. This year’s theme was ‘Your Favorite Spooky Story.’

Left: Winner of the Judge’s Choice Award, Ernest Mahlke Right: Winner of the People’s Choice Award, Eric Johnson

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►Thursday, Nov. 4

LIBRARY RESOURCES – 10 a.m. Learn how to access eBooks, eAudio, and eMagazines through Libby/Overdrive apps. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344.

ART EXHIBIT – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Enjoy exhibit by award winning artist Enid Baxter Ryce, whose film, ‘War and the Weather,’ is included in the Glimmerglass Film Days film festival. The Smithy Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

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SENIOR DINING – 11:30

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a.m. Residents aged 60+ are invited to enjoy lunch of Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetables, more. Cost, $3.50/person. Reservations required.

Presented by Otsego County Office for the Aging. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs.

315-858-3200.

NUTRITION – 2 p.m. Join nutrition educator Kimberly Ferstler, CCE, to discuss cooking for 1 - 2 people, barriers to cooking at home, and how to overcome these barriers.

Cooperstown Senior Community Center, 31 Elm St.,

Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com.

AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m.

Discuss new baseball book ‘Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stoneham’ by historian Steve Treder. Free, registration required. Presented

by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200.

UPCYCLED ART – 5 - 7 p.m.

Create beautiful landscape painting on an old vinyl record with artist Julia Hernandez, creator of Crafts and Drafts art series. Cost $25. Materials included. Main View Pottery and more, The Arc Otsego, 79

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FILM FESTIVAL – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The Glimmerglass Film Days invites you to view documentary ‘The Truffle Hunters’ at the Hall of Fame Grandstand Theater, Cooperstown.

607-547-8881.

FILM FESTIVAL – 7 p.m.

View online film festival featuring 26 full length films about topics ranging from community to racism, climate change to art, and more. Presented by The Glimmerglass Film Days.

607-547-8881.

4-H INFO NIGHT – 6:30 p.m.

Come learn about the programs and actvities offered by the 4H program for children aged 5-19. Pre-registration required. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown. 607-547-2536 ext. 225.

►Friday, November 5 ART EXHIBIT – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Enjoy exhibit by award winning artist Enid Baxter Ryce. See Nov. 4 listing.

FILM FESTIVAL – 5:30 7:30 p.m. The Glimmerglass Film Days invites you to view documetary film ‘First We Eat, Then We Do Everything Else,’ with filmmake Suzanne Crocker at The Hall of Fame Grandstand Theater, Cooperstown.

607-547-8881.

ASTRONOMY – 7 p.m. Join the Otsego County Conservation Association to explore the night sky in the autumn. See the milky way, spot Jupiter and Saturn, and see if you can see the Andromeda galaxy.

Bring a comfortable chair and blankets. Binoculars helpful, but optional. Come dressed for the weather. Hot chocolate and snacks will be available in the workshop after the viewing. Free, registration required. Mohican farm, 7207 State Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

607-547-4488.

CONCERT – 7:30 p.m.

Oneonta Concert Association presents a performance from Imani Winds. Tickets, $25/ person, available at the door.

First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

607-433-7252.

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CRAFT FAIR – 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Kick off the holiday shopping season by supporting local crafters and artisans.

There’s something for everyone on the list. Southside Mall, Oneonta. 607-432-4401.

BIRD WALK – 11 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. The DelawareOtsego Audubon Society hosts a walk on the shores of Otsego Lake to complement Glimmerglass Film Day festival movie ‘The Falconer.’ Free, open to the public. Please bring binoculars and dress for the weather. Meet on the grounds of The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-8881.

ART EXHIBIT – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Enjoy exhibit by award winning artist Enid Baxter Ryce. See Nov. 4 listing.

DAY OF THE DEAD – 11 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Join the Cooperstown Graduate Program for a family friendly celebration of the Day of the Dead. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344.

LIFESKILLS – 4 - 6 p.m.

Teens are invited to learn to cook with Lynn. Menu posted to FB. Seating limited, reservations required. Presented by The Oneonta Teen Center. 50 Dietz St., Oneonta. 607 441 3999.

OPENING RECEPTION – 5 - 7 p.m. Celebrate art by 4 artists, Christine Heller, Linda Suskind-Kosmer, Rose Mackiewicz, and Thomas Brisson, who challenge the limits of genre by combining paint and photographic media. Reception will include beverages and live music by the Mopar Cams.

Runs through 11/20. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070.

FILM FESTIVAL – 5:30 7:30 p.m. The Glimmerglass Film Days invites you to view ‘The Story Won’t Die’ about a Syrian rapper, tortured for his lyrics by the regime who then uses his music to survive the war. Showing at Hall of Fame Grandstand Theater, Cooperstown. 607-547-8881.

CONCERT – 8 p.m. The Cooperstown Concert Series presents the rock band Roanoke. Tickets, $20/adult.

Ballroom, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Visit cooperstownconcertseries.org

►Sunday, November 7 GUN SHOW – 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Stop by to buy, sell, or trade with 60+ dealers with the Mid-state Arms collectors. Admission, $3/person.

All regulations will be obeyed.

Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 607-748-1010.

FILM TALK – 2 - 3 p.m.

Join zoom conversation on the making of ‘The Wakeful Sleeper’ by Boris Van der Avoort. Presented by The Glimmerglass Film Days film festival. 607-547-8881.

VETERAN SALUTE – 3 p.m.

Join the Oneonta Community Concert Band for a patriotic concert saluting our Veterans. Free, open to the public.

Pandemic protocols will be observed. Foothills Performing Art Association, Oneonta.

607-376-7485.

FILM FESTIVAL – 5:30 7:30 p.m. The Glimmerglass Film Days invites you to view ‘Weed & Wine’ about the lives of farmers worlds apart but each working to care for their families and their land. Showing at Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 607547-8881.

►Monday, Nov. 8 ART EXHIBIT – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Enjoy exhibit by award winning artist Enid Baxter Ryce. See Nov. 4 listing.

FILM FESTIVAL – 5:30 7:30 p.m. The Glimmerglass Film Days invites you to view ‘Last Days at Sea’ about an island boy struggling with the changing climate and growing up. Showing at The Grandstand Theater, The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown.

607-547-8881.

HISTORY PROGRAM – 7 p.m. “They May Have Just Found James Tanner’s Legs” with Pete Lindemann. Free webinar, pre-registration required. Presented by Sharon Historical Society. Call 518860-5513.

►Tuesday, Nov. 9 ART PRESENTATION – 9:30 a.m. Learn about exhibit ‘Fashioning Art from Paper’ by the Munson Williams Proctor Museum. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344.

►Wednesday, Nov. 10 CONSERVATION WALK – 2 - 4 p.m. Learn about the conservation effort by the Otsego Land Trust at their waterfront property from stream restoration, native plantings, and invasive species removal. Free, registration required. Brookwood Point, 6000 State Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-5478881.

HOUSEPLANTS – 5 p.m.

Join horticulture educator Jessica Holmes to learn about growing and caring for houseplants. You will learn about the types, how to care for them, and about insect and disease problems. Free, registration requred. Presented

by The Cornell Cooperative Extension. 607-547-2536.

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Cooperstown Concert Series starts season on Saturday with Roanoke

Joey Beesley, left, and Taylor Dupuis, right, comprise Nashville-based band Roanoke.

By Patrick Dewey The Cooperstown Concert Series kicks off its 52nd season Saturday, November 6 at 8 p.m. at the Otesaga Resort Hotel with the Nashville-based band Roanoke.

Led by Taylor Dupuis (vocals) and Joey Beesley (guitar, vocals), Roanoke blends Americana, rock ‘n’ roll, and a variety of other musical influences with vocal harmonies.

Concert series Board President Jim Hill said Roanoke is rapidly gaining notoriety and came highly recommended. Board member Jeff Katz said their style is unique, blending a 70s rock sound with a modern Americana influence. According to the band’s website, music publication Literally Darling said Roanoke’s “… roots run deep with the heart of country music, the soul of the blues, and the grit of Americana music.”

The website also cites the Huffington Post describing the band as “brimming with optimism, youthful exuberance, and creative energy.”

Beesley called a Roanoke show “an immersive experience” and said the band constantly strives to meet the goal of putting on a show that connects with the audience.

“The description ‘mystic rock’ fits Roanoke in part because some of our lyrics are influenced by our spirituality and our perception of the vast universe,” Beesley

said. “Writing is about how open you are to The Cooperstown Concert Series was many and that’s one of the best things about the process and letting the song come out.” founded in 1970 and since 1979 has been an it” Katz said.

Both Katz and Hill are proud to say that the He said he and Dupuis remain the band’s independent nonprofit with the mission of main songwriters. And while Roanoke began promoting cultural growth in Cooperstown concert series is entirely volunteer-operated. with an emphasis on folk and Americana and the surrounding area. Katz said around They said while this makes the organizamusic, personnel changes along the way 2008, the series, which had had perfor- tion unique compared to others, and many found the sound changing, as well. mances of dance, classical, and other arts, volunteers are highly devoted, maintaining a “Those influences remain, but began focusing on popular music from jazz consistent volunteer presence is an ongoing we’ve gradually incorporated more of a to blues to folk and everything in between. challenge. classic rock sound into the mix,” he said, Katz, who has been involved with the series Tickets are available online at cooperciting Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, and since 2005, says he loves seeing community stownconcertseries.org/ or at the door. Any Jefferson Airplane among their influences. members come together in a fun and relaxed coronavirus regulations that have been most “Getting into the rock genre added new life setting. currently recommended by the CDC will be to the songwriting process. Anyone familiar “The series has brought so much joy to so in place at the performance. with the folk sound of our first album will find our more recent material grittier and higher-energy.”

“We’re looking forward to the chance to play to an East Coast audience again,” he said.

“One of the things I enjoy about touring is the chance to explore each new town where the TAKE ON PROJECT AFTER PROJECT band performs.”

The pandemic WITH A gave the band the chance to write new material that will feature in the Cooperstown Concert Series show.

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