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Kathleen Galland-Bennett, 1946-2015

The Freeman’s JournalKathleen Galland-Bennett in Bike Otsego 2014.

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THERESA RUSSO AT SCHOOL BOARD HELM

By LIBBY CUDMORE

COOPERSTOWN

Monday morning, July 13, Christine Mc-Brearty-Hulse got a

text message from her friend, Kim Soule. “It said, ‘I’ll miss

you all waking me up’,” said Hulse. “Kathleen Galland-Bennett and all of us would go running by her house at 5 a.m., and we’d always be laughing so hard that we knew we were waking people up.”

Bennett, 50, a third-grade teacher at Cooperstown Central

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Standing Ovation Sends Forth Patrick Dewey

Pat-rick

Dewey over-came

cerebral palsy to

gradu-ate from

CCS with

honors. A music

lover, he is plan-

ning a career

as a DJ.

HONORS GRADUATE OVERCAME OBSTACLES

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

By LIBBY CUDMORE

COOPERSTOWN

Most kids don’t start getting their career training in third grade – but that’s where

Patrick Dewey got his first DJ gig.“A lot of my friends were in the

Red Hot Ropers jump rope club,” he

said. “I wanted to join the club so I could be with them.”

Dewey, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, didn’t want to be left out of the fun, but found another way to be part of the team. “One of my teachers knew I loved music, so she suggested I help with the music for practices,” he said. “It kind of took off from there!

“One year,” he continued, “I put

together a ‘Decades’ program of hits from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. And another time I made one of songs from movie soundtracks, like ‘I’m a Believer’ and ‘Old Time Rock ’n’ Roll.’”

The son of John and Jeanne Dewey, Patrick, who graduated with honors June 28 from Cooperstown Central School – he received a standing ova-

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By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

Meg Kiernan, the former Otsego town supervisor (2010-11), plans to resume her old job Jan. 1 with “the big meet-

ing.”“Get it all on the table,” she said in an inter-

view after the Thursday, July 9, deadline for nominating petitions passed and the Democrat

Please See ELECTIONS, A3

TheresaRusso

The Freeman’s JournalRuth Dibble, 8, of West Winfield, hugs Darth Vader, a rare Normandy calf, af-ter it won best of its breed at The Farmers’ Museum’s 68th annual Junior Lifestock Show July 12-14 at Iroquois Farms, featuring young handlers from nine counties. Results at:

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By JIM KEVLIN

COOPERSTOWN

The success of Cooperstown Central School matters to the

community at large, Theresa Russo, the new school board presi-dent, will tell you.

“We hear that the school is central to the com-munity. It’s why people move here. It helps Bassett recruit doctors,” she said in an interview after being unanimously elected at the board’s organizational meet-ing Wednesday, July 8.

Thus, the CCS board’s recently expressed policy – to be a beacon of quality among the region’s schools – will be central to the Russo regime. “We need to be out there in the lead on quality education,” she continued, “getting ahead of the game. As we see enrollments go down, we want to make sure were in the position to be a leader.”

What that means is not fully clear yet, she said, but

Please See RUSSO, A3

NY RebuffsMarcy SouthParallel Line

The state Department of Public Service’s trial staff has recom-

mended that North America Transmission’s proposed transmission line that would parallel 40 miles of the Marcy South line through Otsego County be elimi-nated.

Five of NAT’s projects “have the potential for great-er environmental impacts,” the staff concluded.

As originally proposed in the 1970s, Marcy South would have followed peaks on the west side of Otsego Lake, and opposition led to the founding of Otsego 2000. In the end, the line was moved to the west.

DOORS OPEN: The Cooperstown Beverage Exchange, in the former Augur’s Building, opened for business over the Fourth of July weekend.

YOKO SAYS NO: Yoko Ono, of Franklin and the world, placed a full-page ad in the New York Times of Thursday, July 9, promoting a petition that opposes the Constitution Pipeline.

THURSDAY, jULY 16, 2015A-2 THE FREEMAN’S jOURNAL

Homer Osterhoudt, center, who has attended all but three of the Hall of Fame Inductions since 1939, poses with Native Sons of Cooperstown’s officers, from left, Vice President Warren Bunn, Secretary/Treasurer Terry Bliss, President Wayne Bunn and Nominating Chair Doug Walker. Oster-houdt was keynoter at the Native Sons annual banquet Saturday, June 13, at the Vets’ Club.

OSTERHOUDT ADDRESSES NATIVE SONS

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalCooperstown’s PONY League Baseball Team began its 2015 season with an 18-2 win over Cobleskill June 15 and a 7-7 tie with Hamilton (called on account of darkness) June 22. Photographed in front of the grandstand at Doubleday Field, where home games are played, are, front row, from left, Jesse Furnari, Jordan Carpenter, Ryan Palmatier, Ryan Lansing, Nick Santoro, Jack Harris, Ben Tafuro, Kyle Meyer; second row, from left, Assistant Coach John Santello, Head Coach Neil Palmatier, Joaquim Landry, Zach France, Sean Meyer, Erik Deysenroth, Dante Wellman-Poole, Logan Haney, Nick Sharratt, Kyle Santello, Assistant Coach John Meyer

PONY LEAGUE TEAM BEGINS 2015 SEASON WITH VICTORY

CHAMPION ROWER: Andy LeRoux has once again been selected to row with the U.S Rowing Team at the Junior World Champi-onships Aug. 5-9 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

KENT LAUDED: Cynthia R. Kent, Cooperstown, re-ceived the Student Marshal award at the Clarkson Uni-versity Recognition Day in April. The award is intended to honor students who stand out as leaders.

MELKO PROMOTED: Dmitriy Melko, Richfield Springs, serving with the Headquarters and Head-quarters Company, 2-108th Infantry was promoted to the rank of sergeant.

TWO GRADUATE: Da-vid Moglia, Fly Creek and Matthew Burch, Hartwick, both graduated from SUNY New Paltz during com-mencement in May. Moglia earned a bachelor’s of sci-ence in chemistry.

LOCALS

Charles Hartley, the Hartwick College physicist who turned

to art in his retirement, was awarded the grand prize for “Wave for Hokusai” Friday evening at the Cooperstown Art Association’s 80th annual National Juried Art Exhibi-tion.

The grand prize came with a $500 award; in all, $3,200 in awards were announced during the opening reception on Fri-day, July 10.

“His handling and awareness of

light and atmosphere were most intriguing,” noted the Brunelli Fine Arts Gallery in Binghamton on accept-ing his first works in 2008. “Hartley’s work has grown tremendously in a very short time. He is self-taught, prolific, and his technique continues to inspire and marvel our visitors and col-lectors.”

This year’s juror was John Hampshire, himself an artist and recipient of numerous awards.

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With ‘Waves for Hoksai’ Artist Hartley Wins Cooperstown Art Show

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ELECTIONS/From A1found she was unopposed for the town’s top office. “Let everyone have their say. Then let’s move on.”

She added, “We have to be clear on what everybody’s role is.”

If Kiernan’s election in uneventful, five candidates are vying for two Town Board seats: Incumbent Bennett Sandler and fellow Democrat Richard Sternberg, the recently retired Bassett physician; Republicans Joe Potrikus, who as Planning Board vice chair has been in the center of recent controversies, and David Bassler, and independent Paul Russo, the Bassett optometrist.

Also, Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman is running for town justice as a Repub-lican. The two Democratic incumbents, Leslie Friedman and Gary Kuch, are up for reelection.

Other highlights in the towns around Otsego Lake that emerged from the petitions submitted to the county Board of Elections included:

• Middlefield Town Supervi-sor David Bliss, a Republican, will be running unopposed for the county Board of Represen-tatives from District 7, which includes Cherry Valley and Roseboom. He succeeds Dem-ocratic Beth Rosenthal, who is

moving to Al-bany. Henry J. Schecher, director of the county Real Property Tax Office, is running unopposed to replace Bliss.

• Demo-crat Andy

Marietta, Cooperstown, the NYCON regional director and CCS board member, is chal-lenging Republican Rick Hulse Jr., an international business consultant rising light in the local GOP.

• A three-way race is shaping up in the Town of Hartwick, where Supervisor David Butler (R) is being challenged by two Democrats, Town Board member Julianne Sharratt and Fire Chief Robert J. O’Brien. Quinton Hasak, the Doubleday Field manager, is running for Town Board.

• Milford Supervisor Chris Harmon, a Democrat, is being challenged by Town Justice Robert E. Moore Sr., a Repub-lican.

• In Richfield, two-term Supervisor Fran Enjem is be-ing challenged for the top job by Town Board member Paul Palumbo. Four candidates, Republicans Fred Eckler, Kane Seamon and Robert Woodrow,

and Democrat Herman Hop-per are running for two Town Board vacancies.

Kiernan would be taking back her job after a period of turmoil that came to a boil Wednesday, April 22, when an engineer representing a zoning applicant stormed into a Town Board meeting in the Fly Creek town hall, began haranguing the board and was charged with disorderly conduct.

By evening’s end, Town Board member Julie Huntsman had resigned, blaming incum-bent Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell’s style with fostering the unhappiness, which grew out of disputed revisions to the town’s zoning code.

At the time, there were calls for Kiernan, who had served four years as a Town Board member before becoming supervisor, to reclaim the job.

RUSSO/From A1Upstate’s population loss will eventually have consequences. The school board has been trying to educate itself, attend-ing meetings with other rural school districts to discuss the challenge.

At one, Russo said, she was struck by a report that one small school’s valedictorian was unable to get into any of the better SUNY colleges. “We don’t want that to happen to our kids,” she said. “We want to give them enough programming so they have choices. It’s competitive, and we want to make sure our kids are in a competitive position.”

In addition to the overall challenge, Russo sees a “year of rebuilding” in front of her.

With the retirement of Elementary Principal Teresa Gorman and the appointment of Ann Olmstead as interim principal, Russo said the school board plans to fill the job permanently by following a process similar to that which recruited C.J. Hebert as super-intendent: Vetting applicants through committees of com-munity members, teachers and administrators before making a final decision.

“Tuitioning” – the school board recently voted to allow students from other districts to pay $7,900 a year to study here – “will have to be monitored,” she said, “to make sure it’s going in a direction that’s good for the district.”

Further, the school board must seek to allay fears about the Common Core, in par-ticular about state efforts to link teacher evaluations to standardized testing, which led to several packed and stormy school board meetings this spring. Over the next several months, the school board will be required to renegotiate the APPR, the Annual Professional Performance Review.

Through these challenges, Russo, first elected to the school board in 2008, said she will seek to extend the consensus-building approach

of her predecessor presidents: Rosemary Craig, who led the board when Russo joined it, Tony Scalici, the board’s dean, and David Borgstrom, the Bassett physician who joined the University of West Virginia Medical Center in recent weeks as an assistant professor of surgery.

“All of them – Rose, Tony, David – there was always con-sensus,” Russo said. “None of them were top-heavy or domi-nating.” Even Borgstrom, who sometimes may have seemed hard-driving to the public, “is a very good listener. He is very good at making sure everyone has expressed their concerns before any final decision is made.”

“I like to be involved,” said Russo, when asked her original motivation to run for the board. A professor in SUNY Oneon-ta’s Department of Human Ecology with a focus on human development and family stud-ies, she served on the board of the college’s Bugbee School as vice chair and chair while her daughters were there.

When they moved up to CCS, she moved up, too. “I want to use my education to serve,” she said. “I enjoy serv-ing the community. I view that as something I can give back.”

Both Russo and her hus-band, Paul, a Bassett Hospital optometrist, grew up on John-stown, Pa. After college – she attended St. Vincent College

in Latrobe, Pa.; he, Virginia Military Institute – the couple married.

While the husband was stationed in Fort Mead, she obtained her master’s at the University of Maryland. While they were stationed near the University of Kansas, she obtained her doctorate. She taught at Gwynedd Mercy Uni-versity in Pennsylvania and, while he was serving at Fort Campbell, she taught at Murray State.

With two daughters in the mix, he returned from a year in Korea, and he received his training at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry through the Army’s Health Profession Scholarship Program. On his graduation in 1995, the couple began looking for a congenial place to raise a family, and came to Cooperstown. “We both could find work,” she added, he at Bassett and she at SUNY.

As a CCS board member, Russo was able to present elder daughter Elizabeth with her diploma at commencement exercises Sunday, June 28, on the lawn behind The Fenimore Art Museum.

In recent days, she’s learned that, as board president, she’ll also be able to sign the diploma she will present to daughter Alexandra at next year’s gradu-ation.

She’s looking forward to that with some satisfaction.

DEWEY/From A1tion – is now headed to Edin-boro College in northwestern Pennsylvania to study commu-nications.

He plans one day become a radio DJ. “My favorite music is classic rock,” he said. “Edin-boro has a great student radio station, and it’s known for being very wheelchair accessible.”

And he’s already got plenty of experience behind the micro-phone. “I’ve done some DJ-ing for fundraisers like the Cider Run,” he said. “I always try to donate my services if it’s a good cause.”

He also became an in-demand DJ for school dances, including the annual Cotillion, a formal for seventh graders each May at The Otesaga. “The dance instructor gave me a bunch of CDs, and I put together a CD for the les-sons and helped out during the dance.”

His bedroom walls in his Eagle Street home are decorated with album covers – his favor-ites include The Eagles, Billy Joel and John Mellancamp – but it’s not just a place to sleep. “It becomes my home studio when I’m recording!” he said.

From a desktop mixing board and microphone, he broadcasts “Musical Note Radio” a rock music podcast on www.podo-matic.com.

“I play whatever I decide I like that week,” he said. “As long as it has musical notes in it, I’ll play it!”

Now that school’s out, he’ll have more time to devote to his radio DJ career. “It’s time-con-suming to put a podcast togeth-er, but it’s very interesting. My dad helps out sometimes.”

On his most recent podcast, posted on Tuesday, June 23, he highlighted James Taylor’s new album, “Before This World,” playing the track “Wild Moun-tain Thyme.” “The whole album is wonderful,” he said. “It’s about being outside, people hanging out and just being together.”

Challenged,He GraduatesWith Honors

Russo: CCS Faces ‘Year Of Rebuilding’

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Kiernan Unopposed For Otsego Town Supervisor

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EDITORIAL

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

...AND AGAIN,‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS...’

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s JournalTom Heitz, the former Baseball Hall of Fame librarian, this Fourth of July read the Declaration of Independence at The

Farmers’ Museum for the 30th year in a row. In 1985, a recent arrival at 25 Main, he was invited to do so by Betsy Warner, a CGP graduate student who was handling programming at the museum that summer; the two had gotten to know each other through the involvement in founding the Leatherstocking Baseball Club in the fall of 1984, dedicated to reviving “town ball,” baseball played under archaic small town rules. “As the years went on, I took it a lot more seriously,” Heitz recalled the other day. “The first year, I might have had six people listening to me. When the crowd started getting larger, I started rehearsing more and warming up my vocal chords.” He calls the Declaration’s beginning “a profound statement of the human condition,” and the latter part “a profound summing up” of the reasons that led to the American Revolution.

To the Editor:It is a shame that the two organizers

behind the Greater Oneonta Economic Development Council have chosen to squander the good will of the community through increasingly divisive and destruc-tive conduct. Many Oneonta residents and officials, including Supervisor Wood and myself, have previously offered support to the group’s initiatives. But now any city or town resident who disagrees with their un-wanted push for town/city merger is person-ally attacked and punished. This regrettable conduct has backfired on them and likely set back town/city relations by years.

Two weeks ago I submitted to this paper a rational defense of our town residents in their resistance to merger (and I did not name either of the two activists pushing this agenda). Mr. Colone ignored the rational debate and replied wholly with strange and

spiteful attacks on me per-sonally, and the town gener-ally. This came on the heels of GO-EDC printing a letter in the other local paper accusing Supervisor Wood of being a liar. People have come to expect these kind of antics in Congress or cable news, but they have no place in Oneonta and our residents reject it. Kudos to

Mr. Shue who later offered a public apol-ogy to Mr. Wood at last week’s Town Board meeting.

If Mr. Colone had attended our meeting he would have heard the opinions of actual town residents, who overwhelmingly re-jected their agenda. Thank you to all of the residents who spoke bravely and from the

Please See STAMMEL, A7

LETTERS

To the Editor:If you think the world is

falling apart, for an antidote go right away to see the new Glimmerglass Festival pro-duction of Mozart’s beauti-ful “Magic Flute,” which opened the 2015 season.

This production is of the excellent joyful sort that makes life worth living and

reminds us that civilization still breathes, indeed still exists, and that the natural world is full of lessons for the hapless humans we so often can be.

The setting is as famil-iar as all the views around us – a land of enchanted contours, roiling whitewater streams and gauzy sunsets.

I’m told that local work-men helped build the set – and how lucky we are that they could so successfully translate that local feel for wood to this otherworldly woodland.

It’s not that “Flute” is a much loved masterpiece easily dusted off – it is that this production looks smack in the eyes of the future of art and society and sings the praises of peace and enlight-enment even as the world flounders under our feet.

Indeed, opening night curtain rose as Greece, the formidable cradle of western civilization, was teetering on the brink of financial ruin and going to the opera gave me a calm perspective on today’s events that is sorely lacking in the news and in the frenzy of our consump-tion of punditry, opinion and the sordid tales of incompe-tent leaders everywhere.

For, in the end, “Flute” is about leadership and making hard but wise choices, and the emotional investment required to craft even a mo-ment of harmony. Reach no impasse, the opera tells us, keep life going.

PAULA DiPERNACooperstown

Greater Oneonta Exists – Let’s Extract Maximum Benefit

To the Editor:I am writing in response to the recent

coverage, editorials and letters from readers about the proposed study into consolidating the city and town of Oneonta. I find some of the commentary to be unhealthy to the debate of how we can successfully manage our challenges and opportunities as a uni-fied Oneonta community.

I do not agree with Town Board member Andrew Stammel’s strict refusal of this study, in part due to the manner in which two city residents have brought it to the town, and because they are our neighbors and not town residents.

The GO-EDC was established with the vision of building the long-term prospects of Oneonta together – the town and the city. I argue that neither the town nor the city can find success without the other. For that matter, all corners of Otsego County feel

the collective economic impact of Oneonta, not just singularly from the town or the city.

Al Colone’s letter missed the opportunity to respond to Mr. Stammel’s letter on points and set itself firmly in a tone of personal frus-tration, which does noth-ing to help our community progress. Mr. Colone is

apparently already convinced that a merger between the town and city is required, so he and Bill Shue have mistakenly assumed that this study is all that is needed to get it done.

I think a merger could benefit all resi-dents of the town and city, but it will not happen without a plan. I disagree with the Town Board’s decision, because there can

Please See BUTTERMANN, A7

STAMMEL: Pro-Merger Push Backfires BUTTERMAN: Base Decision On Facts

‘Flute’ Tells Us: Life WorthLiving, Civilization Secure

ButtermannStammel

‘Flute” is about leadership and making hard

but wise choices.”

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Bob Wood for mayor – of the City of Greater Oneonta!

Think about it. Bob was raised in the City of Oneonta. He oper-ated Woody’s Market on Spruce Street for 17 years. During that time, he was an alderman, serving on Common Council in 1992-95.

After moving all the way to the Town of Oneonta, he was elected supervisor in 2006, and since has worked closely with city Mayors John Nader and Dick Miller on numerous initiatives. He under-stands the whole Oneonta, and how the many parts – not just town and city, but Emmons and the Sixth Ward and Main Street and Southside – need each other.

He’s congenial. He’s knowl-edgeable. He’s thoroughly familiar with the whole community – the sleeping financial and political gi-ant of our region – and all its parts.

This publication heartily en-dorses Robert T. Wood for mayor of the City of Greater Oneonta.

• On paper, there’s no City of

Greater Oneonta – not yet. So for the time being, at least, Wood’s full contribution won’t be fully re-alized. Bob’s elevation must wait.

But Greater Oneonta is a reality. To wit:

►The town pays the city $1 million a year – a third of the City of Oneonta Fire Department’s budget – for fire protection every-where in the town except the West Oneonta Fire District, which is staffed by volunteers.

►The town has a $15,000 ambulance contract with the city. It’s not much, but it allows the city EMS to charge town residents, and thus collect a payment from their insurance companies.

►The town is completing ne-gotiations with the city’s Oneonta Public Transport for a $10,000 contract for the OPT to continue getting bus service.

►Some 2,000 town residents – mostly in the West End, and at the end of West and East Streets – drink city water, as they’ve done since the lines were laid in the 1940s.

Even the retro claque at last week’s Town Board meeting that intimidated the town fathers and mothers into rejecting a study of the pros and cons of town-city consolidation can’t want all that to go away.

Even they, eyes firmly fixed in

the past, can’t support ending fire protection, ambulance service and bus service, or – heavens! – turn-ing off the spigot on municipal water to 2,000 people.

If the town can’t give up ser-vices it is buying from the city, that means the communities have already merged. We’re just talking about degree.

Greater Oneonta, except for the paperwork, already exists. The Stars & Bars has been lowered.

The one-horse shay has collapsed. It’s already over.

•Still, some local politicians and

those citizens at the Town Board meeting the other night – and some newspapers editors; nostra culpa – think consolidation is a big issue, a big story.

Traffic on this newspaper’s AllOTSEGO Facebook page, which jumps when a hot-button story is posted, barely up-ticked when the Town Board’s rejection of the consolidation study was posted that night. That alleged plot to steal from Smokers Choice a few days later generated triple the traffic.

If politicians (and editors) care, some residents, maybe even most, don’t even know if they live in the city or town. It’s irrelevant to them. Test this out for yourself. Engage people you know in con-versation. You’ll find it’s so.

The only point of the consolida-tion study rejected by the town – the city’s Common Council did approve its $12,500 share, unanimously – is to maximize the benefits for everyone in Greater Oneonta, not walk away from it.

Foremost, a city – the City of

Greater Oneonta – could claim (“preempt”) $3 million in South-side sales tax that now goes di-rectly into Otsego County coffers. By state law, a town doesn’t have the power to do that.

Since county government just saved $5 million a year by priva-tizing The Manor, it could easily adjust to the $3 million diversion. It’s an ideal time for savvy Oneon-tans to seize the day. Give away what you’ve got coming? That makes no sense.

•If the Town Board is unable to

do the right thing, at least do no harm. It was dismaying to hear that the town may have reached the level of support in the south-east sector to allow a town water district to be built, encouraging sprawl along the outer reaches of Route 23.

That water district is going to create a patchwork mess. Expand-ing the community from a central core with city water is the sensible option, and an available one. If they aren’t yet ready to do the right thing, the Town Board should at least limit the damage.

After all, they’re fouling what will soon be their nest.

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015

BOUND VOLUMESCompiled by Tom HeiTz from Freeman’s Journal archives, Courtesy of The New York State Historical Association

200 YEARS AGONewspapers – The charms of news-

paper reading to the intelligent Farmer, who values the instruction of himself and his family, constitute the relish of the week, and furnish abundance for profitable reflection and conversation. If he is a patriot, he cannot be insensible to the welfare of his country. If he is a philanthropist, he feels a concern for his fellow men, however distant. If he is a father, he loses no opportunity to instruct his children; and cannot, but view “the passing tidings of the times” as a most essential part of their education. Though distant from the metropolis, though se-cluded from society, he can know all that is necessary to be known of the pomp and bustle of city life. Every subscriber to a newspaper should carefully preserve them in regular files for the benefit of posterity. After the lapse of 40 or 50 years to look over these, and examine the important occurrences of former days, will give a clearer view than can be found in any history.

July 20, 1815

150 YEARS AGOSummary of News – The Post Office

at Cooperstown is among the offices designated as those on which orders may be drawn or paid, under the postal money order system just put in force in this country. The Seminary – The first term of this Institution under the management of Dr. Kerr, closed on Wednesday. We are assured that the examination of classes which extended through three days, showed thorough teaching and hard study. The exhibitions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were largely attended, and the audiences could not but be pleased; the young ladies and gentlemen acquitted themselves in the most creditable manner. July 14, 1865

125 YEARS AGOLocal – We had a call from Miss

Mary Ferns of Fly Creek, one of two students from Otsego County at the institution for the blind at Batavia – a cheerful, pleasant young lady, who derives great pleasure in the pursuit of

her studies at that beneficent institution. The pupils enrolled last term numbered 127. The expenditures amount to about $48,000 a year. Instruction is given in all of the elementary and some of the higher branches, including botany, astronomy, geology, etc. The Cooperstown Athletic Associa-tion will have a grand opening for their new grounds on Saturday. The Athletic B.B.C. will play the Worcester B.B.C. a match game. Hon. A.C. Tennant will deliver a short address, opening the grounds. The entire Cooperstown military band will be in attendance, and will give selections at intervals through-out the afternoon. The railroads will carry visitors to our grounds at reduced rates. Admission to the grounds, 15 cents; boys 10 cents; admission to the grandstand, 15 cents; Ladies purchasing grandstand tickets will be admitted free.

July 18, 1890

100 YEARS AGOCooperstown is to have a day

policeman during the months of July, August and September until the Otsego County Fair as the result of action taken by the Village Trustees at their monthly meeting Monday evening. His compensation will be approximately $2 a day and his hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Tuesday, Michael Kraham was appointed to the position. The ac-tion is welcome news to the majority of citizens who see no reason why the enforcement of the law should begin here at 6 or 7 o’clock in the evening and continue until 5 a.m. only.

July 14, 1915

75 YEARS AGOAt its annual meeting in St. Louis

on July 8, the National League of Professional Baseball clubs voted to continue playing an annual game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, the birthplace of baseball, between two major league clubs, adding the sug-gestion that clubs rotate in giving their services to the Cooperstown game. Authoritative opinion is expressed that the American League will concur in the arrangement. On the subject of old players eligible for Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame, Ford Frick, president

of the National League, said it is the thought of his league, as well as that of Commissioner K.M. Landis, that any further selections of stars of the 1880s and earlier should be made by a com-mittee of baseball men who go back to that period.

July 17, 1940

50 YEARS AGOAn appropriation of $340,000 has

been allocated for work this year at Glimmerglass State Park at the north end of Otsego Lake. Howard Stowell of Jamesville, general manager of the Central New York State Parks Com-mission, said the major portion of the money will go into building an ac-cess road from the Cooperstown-East Springfield highway to the site, and a bridge over Shadow Brook which flows through the property into Otsego Lake. Additional picnicking facilities are also slated for construction.

July 14, 1965

25 YEARS AGOThe Friends of the Parks are hosting

a two-hour tour of Lake Otsego aboard the Chief Uncas on July 20 at 6 p.m. Local historian Gerry Ellsworth will be on board to regale participants with a brief history of the four village parks that border Otsego Lake. The tour, a fundraiser for repairs at Three-Mile Point, is made possible by the generos-ity of Lyman Townsend.

July 18, 1990

10 YEARS AGOUnder the direction of coaches Jack

Vineyard, Sharky Nagelschmidt and Ed Dubben, the Cooperstown Ameri-can Legion Post 579 baseball team has bounced back from four losses to start the season and is now playing like a squad loaded with all-stars. A 6-2 victory over Delhi on July 10 at Doubleday Field has raised everyone’s expectations. “We’ve been playing well since the start of the season, but we’re just starting to gel as a team,” said Ed Dubben. Members of the team include Chris Connolly, Eddie Bauer and Scott Dubben.

July 15, 2005

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JUNE 2015Highest Temperature..............................................83°F (June 13)Lowest Temperature................................................38°F (June 7)Average Maximum Temperature..........................................71.7°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................51.3°FMonthly Mean Temperature.................................................61.5°FPrecipitation Total.....................................................................9.36″Most Precipitation in One Day.................................1.94” (June 6)Thunderstorms..........................................................5 (9 for 2015)Snow.............................................................................................0” (65.4” for 2015; 90.1“ for 2014-15 winter)Most Snow in One Day..................................................................0”YTD Precipitation....................................................................21.45”Number of Days at or below zero F................................................0 (23 for 2015; 23 for 2014-15 winter ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.....................0 (114 for 2015)

CommENts: Sorry, but just in case you didn’t no-tice, it rained in June…a lot. Normal precipita-tion for the month is 3.62 inches, but this June we got buckets of water dumped on us that totaled 9.36 inches. That’s 5.74 inches above normal and I’ve heard some unofficial reports from towns nearby that saw over 11 inches! You might remember that May was very dry with just over 2 inches of rain and we were 3.16 inches shy of normal for Year to Date Precipita-tion. I’ll bet you won’t be surprised to learn that now we are 2.58 inches above normal. What a swing! The river and streams are full … so be careful if you approach them. Our good friends, the local farmers, dealt with a whole different set of problems in June. The first half of May was “bone dry” and crops got a slow start. In June it was so wet that they had a very hard time cutting and baling their hay. Corn, for the most part, looks pretty good in most areas. Farmers never have it easy, even in great weather. Thank God for our farmers and their families. Oh, did I forget to mention that June was COLDER than normal? Did you expect it to be much different? Only 3 days topped the 80°! This is my 18th column and 14 months have been colder than normal and only 4 have had temperatures above average. I’ll never make the Hall of Fame with those kinds of numbers, but I can’t change it. WOW, is summer in full swing! Cooperstown and Oneonta are hustling and bustling with the baseball camps at full capacity. Welcome to all of you visiting our beautiful county, whether you are baseball or not…enjoy your stay. We enjoy hav-ing you. Please check out this paper and its website for a slate of activities that you’ll truly enjoy. There is tons of stuff to see and do throughout our area. Induction weekend at the Hall Of Fame is quickly approaching, and what a great slate of inductees! Did I mention that it’s only eight short weeks until Labor Day weekend? Enjoy the area and a great summer. Make sure to watch out for too much exposure to the sun and keep your eye to the sky for a thunderstorm. Remember the safety rules, but most importantly, get outside and have a ball! Until we meet again, remember, Keep Your Eye On The Weather!

EYE oN tHE WEAtHEREditor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service ob-server in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.

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To the Editor:The headline “$4 Mil-

lion Hotel’s Demise Hurries Village’s Decay,” which appeared on a Letter to the Editor in the July 2 edition of The Freeman’s Journal, is puzzling. It would seem that the declaration that the Village of Cooperstown is in a state of decay is decid-edly overblown.

In the same day that the letter appeared, it was made public that Otsego County has agreed to share $211,077 of the county’s bed tax revenue with local municipalities in 2016, awarding the most dollars to the communities that generate the bulk of the tax on overnight stays. And it is the Village of Cooperstown which will, under the for-mula devised by the county to allot the bed tax money, receive the largest amount of money, namely $31,178, of any municipality in the county. This fact alone would tend to dispel the no-tion that Cooperstown is in a state of decay.

Added to this report regarding the ability of the village’s current lodg-ing facilities to raise bed tax money, is the fact that Cooperstown is still home to the largest employer in the county, namely the Bassett Hospital. And there is little doubt that it

is Bassett which drives the biggest part of the economy of the village. Plus, the village is the country seat, which further enhances its employment opportunities. And it must not be forgot-ten that Cooperstown is an internationally known tourist destination. Taking just these few facts into consideration makes it most difficult to claim that the Village of Cooperstown is in a state of decay.

Beyond the somewhat dubious headline, the letter itself makes some remark-able claims. It is indeed difficult to understand the statement in the letter that the decision of the ZBA to not grant height vari-ances for the proposed hotel project was an “arbitrary denial.” Surely those tasked with the design of the proposed hotel must have known that what was being proposed was not within the limits permitted by the zon-ing ordinance. It seems it would have been incumbent upon those people to have explained the limitations of the zoning ordinance, a fact which would make the “arbitrary” claim against the ZBA for adhering to village law rather bogus.

The letter also says, “Ne-

gotiating the labyrinth of municipal boards to secure various required approvals makes doing business in Cooperstown nearly impos-sible.” Yet it would seem that there are many, many businesses in Cooperstown that certainly must have been successful in getting whatever permits might have be required for the business to operate. There is little doubt, as anyone who has had to get a permit from the village well knows, that the process can be dif-ficult. However, those busi-nesses currently operating in the village either had the sense to apply for a permit which would be within vil-lage requirements or were willing to work with the vil-lage to arrive at a mutually agreed upon compromise.

The letter also points out that there are five or six buildings, presumably on Main Street although that is not known as the buildings are never identified in the letter, which are taller than the height limit in the zon-ing ordinance. What is not said is that the buildings in question were no doubt built long before the height limit was in effect and thus are grandfathered in the ordi-nance. It should be noted

that it was long ago that the village decided it did not want new buildings on Main Street that would exceed the 42-foot height limit, thus adding the height limit to the zoning ordinance.

However, the most troubling part of the let-ter was the last paragraph, reading: “To those of you – various board members and individual residents – that decried a new hotel in historic Cooperstown, and orchestrated the demise of a project that would have brought significant income to our town, we hope you remain content with the ‘sta-tus quo’ of one of the ugliest (and uglier as it decays) buildings in our ‘perfect village’.”

In the first place, those who spoke against the proposed hotel project did not decry “a new hotel in Cooperstown.” What they decried was a proposed project that did not seem to fit the space or maintain the character of the village’s Main Street. Rather the demise of the project should be laid directly at the feet of those who choose to pro-pose a project greatly out of line with village zoning.

And as for the dismissal of the building currently

located at 124 Main St. as the ugliest building in the village, when it was built in the 1986 it was a vast im-provement over the vacant, and weed-filled, lot which was separated from the side-walk by a chain link fence. The lot had been vacant since a fire in 1967 de-stroyed the three storefronts that had been there. So, it is entirely possible that the threat of watching the cur-rent building decay before our collective eyes pales for

those who remember none too fondly the empty lot that preceded it.

It is sad the proposed ho-tel project has taken the path that it has. How unfortunate it is that communication between the parties involved did not rise to the level which would allow work-ing through the problems presented by the project in hopes of reaching a com-promise that would have proved beneficial to all.

CATHERINE LAKE ELLSWORTHCooperstown

To the Editor:Your editorials are right on the

money. I love the picture of the old ho-tel on the Cooper Inn property. If we want Cooperstown village as it once was, can any of these no-seers recog-nize the potential for Main Street. The mayor recognizes the potential.

BTP Cooperstown now owns the equivalent of one side of Main Street.

This company wants to make the Vil-lage of Cooperstown great. As the mayor finally recognizes, our village has been taken away from us by Route 28 south. We want it back.

Let the mayor call all of his commit-tee chairman together and bring reality back to their minds

The editor is probably right: It may be too late to embrace economic devel-

opment on Main Street. These com-mittee people should take the advice of villages surrounding us: We are a bunch of spoiled brats. Mayor, get these people off their high horses and back to earth.

BTP wants to revive the Village of Cooperstown. Give them a chance. You might like it.

TED HARGROVE

To the Editor:The Cooperstown Lake-

front Concert Series has be-gun. This is the 11th year that these eclectic concerts have been held in the historic band-stand in Lakefront Park every Tuesday in July and August. This year there will be a mov-ie shown following three of the concerts. The programs are sponsored by the Village of Cooperstown Parks Board, with support from Central NY Mobile Marketing. Movie Nights are made possible with support from the Clark Sports Center.

However none of this would take place were it not for one man, Rich McCaffery, who, for all 11 years has vol-unteered to be on the commit-tee. There were others on the committee who dropped out over the years leaving Rich solely in charge of all things pertaining to these evenings. He books the entertainers one year, or more in advance, sees that the programs are printed and available, greets the entertainers when they arrive to perform, makes sure that all of their needs are met and sees that they get their stipends. He checks that the park is in good shape for the concert and left in good shape when it is over. He is there every concert evening to in-troduce the program and greet the many attendees.

When you see him, give him a hearty “Thank You”.

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STAMMEL/From A4heart. Not everyone agreed on the merger study is-sue but you were able to mostly discuss the issue in a reasoned and respect-ful manner. The group unanimously rejected the divisive tone of the activists as well as the imposition of an agenda by an outside interest group upon the people of the town. I ran for Town Board two years ago because I saw a board that was not adequately listen-ing to regular residents and advocating on their behalf. I firmly believe in local home rule and democracy and that respectful dialogue between residents and their elected leaders can result in great progress.

If Mr. Colone were present he also would have heard the announcement that the town has received a formal petition from South-side area residents with a

majority expressing support for the town’s proposed wa-ter district, allowing for the development of this impres-sive long-term investment in our community. This accomplishment will meet the needs of businesses and residents and came after months of respectful inter-action between residents and the town.

It adds to the other town accomplishments since last year, which include pass-ing the first Comprehensive Plan since 1998, promot-ing economic development while protecting quality of life and the environment, banning fracking and the disposal of fracking waste, passing a road use law to protect local taxpayers, developing a Watershed Protection plan for local drinking water supplies for the town and city, and much more.

GO-EDC has now an-nounced that it will be involved in local politi-cal races this fall, fighting any who oppose merger.

Hopefully, town candidates endorsed by this divisive interest group will honor our residents by rejecting the endorsement and giving back any financial contri-butions. GO-EDC should return to its non-partisan and non-divisive efforts or the taint on its reputation will be permanent. They have spent the past several months telling town resi-dents they know better than us what’s in our interests.

Oneontans had enough common sense to sort through the facts on merger themselves and I’m sure they will do the same when it comes to elections. If you would like more informa-tion about my record and ideas, please contact me. Democracy and home rule triumphed last week and they will again. In the meantime, the Town Board will continue to listen to and serve its residents and deliver common sense progress.

ANDREW STAMMELTown of Oneonta

BUTTERMANN/From A4be no plan without study and debate, and they may have stopped the process before we could really ap-preciate the consequences.

Mr. Stammel is a capable and well-founded leader in our community, and I highly value his service de-spite my disagreement with him on this matter.

For the project at hand, I think our Oneonta Town Board has missed a valu-able opportunity. It is cer-tainly true that the subject of consolidation and shared services between the town and city is not new, but it is a matter that takes shape with changing times and should be considered when we debate our long-term comprehensive agenda to serve our residents.

This study, to be con-ducted by a professional organization with extensive experience in these areas,

could provide valuable insight for thought, debate and future planning that previous studies could not or did not address.

The $12,500 share from the town is not a trivial amount, especially when it stands alone and is not part of the adopted budget, but stand it against the $50,000 cost of the study and we are getting quite a deal. To pay a quarter of the total cost and get the full benefit of a professional and indepen-dent report that could pro-vide answers and direction for the immediate and long term economic health of our community seems like a good decision. Ask how many private companies get access to a full consultant’s report for a quarter of the price.

We cannot make the decision for a merger or increased shared services at one time; we must make

incremental decisions after research and debate on which direction is best. We do not know what a single government for all of Oneonta looks like, but, if we want to before decid-ing on it, then we need research, facts, debate and planning.

Of course, such a study is not definitive, nor could it arrive at a single conclu-sion. We will never get a one-handed adviser. This is exactly where Mr. Stam-mel is correct – “we have a dialogue … We craft leg-islation.” I want to stress the “we” in this statement, because it is not the out-side agency that makes the decision, but we do, and we can find much more peace in our decisions if they are made after making a valiant exploration of the issues.

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My response to your “Issues & Debate” col-umn (July 7-8 edition), Mr. Colone, is that your insults, innuendo and personal attack on the town board members are only hurting your efforts. How do you expect to gain the confidence of the town people with your back-hand-ed politicking?

I would urge the Com-mon Council, as well as the people of the city, to ask you and Mr. Shue to step down and step away. Your column was not fit to be printed.

Your behavior and attitude is one of the reasons why the town is so reluctant to merge with the city.

The city, I suspect, is having a budget crisis and with little tax base left and no relief in sight the idea of merging seems like the logi-cal solution.

No new ideas. The merger is a city bail-out at the expense of the town. You employ a city manager and then behind closed doors want to fire him because you want status quo. It is the city that wants no new ideas.

Big budgets, a transporta-tion system that has never been sustainable, housing vacancies, unlimited over-time for city employees: Your only solution is merge, merge, merge. You talk fail-ure – I hope you don’t live in a glass house.

It is just unacceptable to allow someone like yourself to personally attack Andrew Stammel. To threaten his political career because he is representing the town and

not the city. I think it takes a lot of integrity to put aside your own personal political agenda and do the job that your residents elected you to do: Represent the taxpayers. It is not his job to figure out how to balance your budget. That is why you hired a city manager – that you want to fire.

I am sure you feel better after writing your article. Yes you really told the town how you feel, insulting as many people as possible, but I am sorry you are the loser.

I just don’t see what you are seeing or saying or feeling towards Mr. Stam-mel. The facts are he is an intelligent, knowledgeable, educated person with integ-rity. No one is buying into your outrageous slanderous rhetoric.

You are right, he is not your kind of politician: good old-boy, behind-closed-doors, slip-in-your-agenda-when-no-one’s-paying-atten-tion kind of politian, and that is why we elected him. Your endorsement for Ms. Quack-enbush is very timely. Is it because Mr. Stammel did not fall in to rank and file?

You don’t have to be con-cerned about the town and how it does business. Just work on your own problems. I say to you Mr. Colone, sour grapes! I will keep living in my shack in the Town of Oneonta paying my taxes, and I really don’t care who drives by, as long as people like you are involved with Oneonta city politics.

KATE BARNESTown of Oneonta

Merger Would Bail Out CityAt Expense Of Townspeople

LETTERS

To the Editor:We all have our favorite summertime activities

on and around Otsego Lake and personally my most favorite is the time I spend at Otsego Golf Club on the north end of the lake and has been since I was a teenager. Every summer it feels like coming home, the golf, the clubhouse and the people. I couldn’t imagine being in Cooperstown and not experiencing Otsego Golf Club even if it were only to relax on the porch with a lemonade.

Last week, the club began offering a weekly dinner on the porch, the group was eclectic and lively, the food was wonderful and the porch’s ambiance never disappoints, even in a rainstorm, and the view, THE VIEW! It was a wonderful evening and will be re-peated four more Thursdays in a row. Summer goes by quickly; sharing a meal with friends and acquaintances helps slow the pace. Vivere il momento! Dear Editor,

Call the clubhouse if you have a free Thursday evening.

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Pristine Center Hall Colonial – This 2005 center-hall Colonial on Beaver Meadow Road near Cooperstown, provides 3,800+/- sq ft of living space. Marble entry, formal LR w/French doors, large DR, family room w/gas fireplace, eat-in kitchen w/new appliances, full bath. Upstairs are 4 BRs including master suite, another full bath, laundry. Finished basement provides possible BR, family room, bath, kitchenette, utility room. Hardwood floors, crown molding, large deck, fenced backyard, attached 2-car garage, cement-board siding, beautifully landscaped 3.05 acres, valley views. This is a

wonderful family home in the Cooperstown School District.Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty New Price $499,000

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For Appointment: Patricia Bensen-Ashley, Broker/Owner, 607-437-1149 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Robert Schneider, Associate Broker, 607-282-2814 • Donna Skinner,

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(7874) Secluded 3 BR, 2+ bath contemporary Cape set on 3.50 acres. LR w/vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace, den/

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VillAge VictOriAn(8037) Well kept 4-BR, 2-bath center-hall home offers charming gardens,

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pantry. Large front porch, carriage barn. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$479,000

Enjoy Privacy and Wildlife? Then come see this lovely country home on 40+ acres close to Oneonta and I-88 for easy access to Albany and Binghamton. Home features open living area w/cathedral ceilings, radiant heat and quality kitchen w/hickory cabinets, newer appliances, center island. One BR, 1 bath on main floor, 2 BRs and 1 bath upstairs. A great home to enjoy! Terrific 3-bay garage/workshop also w/radiant heat and 2 BR apartment for guests, income, home office, studio, etc. Radiant heat source from gas or coal – you choose. Outdoors enjoy the deck, hot tub, wildlife and rugged trails. MLS#100554 $307,000

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Peter D. Clark, ConsultantGreat Commercial Opportunity! Two buildings on 5 acres on a busy cor-ridor – State Highway 23 in Southside Oneonta. Two 8,000 sq ft buildings with overhead doors, loading docks and outdoor fenced storage area. Plenty of parking for both buildings. Separate heat and electric, 2 wells. Minutes to Oneonta and I-88, an hour to Albany and Binghamton.

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Cooperstown Village home. Seller pays closing costs (up to $3,000 w/acceptable offer).

Circa 1880 modernized farmhouse, barn, workshop, garage, apartment, 32 acres, views, ponds. Family home. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour2.com

MLS # 99706 $398,000

This 3-BR, 3-bath home backs up to State land! Pole barn and garages for 15 cars and RV! Home is beautiful and private.Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#98416 $130,000

Owner Must Sell! Great opportunity to own 6.7 scenic acres, mostly open land, in highly desirable community. Short commute to Cooperstown, NYCM.Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)

MLS#93096 $185,000Private Setting w/Stream! 4-BR, 2-bath home on 8.27 acres. New master suite, windows, well, electric and insulation. 3+ car garage. Owner taking a loss. Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#100432 $104,000Overlooking the golf course and close to ski resort! Additional living space in walk-out basement. Immaculately renovated and maintained.Call Carin E. Eaton @ 607-267-5541 (cell)

Attention to Details! Cedar log home has 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2-car garage, radiant heat, loft, oversized great room. 20 +/- acres—wants for nothing!Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#100251$354,999

Drilled Well Is Already There! Mostly open parcel surrounded by lush wooded forest. Short drive to Utica, Cooperstown and NYS thruway. Priced to sell.Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)

MLS#100371 $17,500

Cooperstown Village Victorian Priced $36,900 below assessment. Hardwood floors, 2-3 BRs, 1 bath, spacious kitchen w/island, wrap-around porch.Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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Best Buy on Canadarago Lake 3-season cottage offers 2 BRs,1 bath, kitchen, LR, screened porch, deck. Partially furnished w/dock. Deeded lake access. Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)

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MLS#100474$159,000

All New! Totally renovated, maintenance-free! Views, sunsets, deck, 3 or 4 BRs, 2 baths, year-round, AC. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes1.com

MLS# 99242 $299,000

Residential/Commercial Property 4,000 sq ft, totally renovated w/new plumbing, electric, insulation, walls and floors. 5 BRs, 2 baths. Move-in ready!Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)

Love the Great Outdoors! 10+ gorgeous acres, Cooperstown School district. 2 homes w/total 5 BRs, 3 baths. Owner is a licensed real estate salesperson.Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#99423$253,999

MLS#99280 $395,000Newer Contemporary Ranch 5 acres, 3-4 BRs, 2½ baths, radiant heat, Jacuzzi in master BR, heated in-ground pool, pond and great views!Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

Country Meets Luxury! Exceptional log home w/great views, radiant heat, fireplace, 3 BRs, 3 baths, bonus room. Close to State land.Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#100442 $393,000

MLS#100920$24,500

MLS#100372 $219,900

MLS#95721 $169,000Low Taxes! Panoramic Lake Views! Ranch offers nice flow from kitchen to DR and LR. 3 good-sized BRs, 2 baths. Full basement, garage w/small office. Otsego Lake access at Springfield Public Landing.Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)

Best Year-Round Deal! 50’ lakefront, furnished, dry in the flood, great condition, new roof, 130’ well. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.canadaragohomes5.com

MLS#99365 $158,000

MLS # 100068 $279,900Beautiful country residence, 2.4 acres, near opera, golf course, Springfield swim area. 4 BRs, 3 baths. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.Leatherstockinghomes3.com

MLS # 100853 $289,900Year-Round Ranch - 218’ private lake frontage. Family room, LR, eat-in kitchen, DR, front porch! Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes2.com

180’ of Lakefront Dead-end paved road, sunroom, porch, 2 acres land. Picturesque property. Come see it. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315- 520 -6521 (cell)Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes8.com

MLS #100686 $389,000

Your Dream Home Awaits in this quiet corner of the world being sold way below cost! At $50 a sq ft this is an unheard of price! Low taxes and private setting! Call Carin E. Eaton @ 607-267-5541 (cell)

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Cooperstown Village 4-BR, 2-bath home on ¼ acre lot, hardwood floors, FP, French doors, walk-up 3rd floor, 2 porches, 2-story carriage barn. Nice layout.Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.lifePhotographer Stephen Joseph looks toward Neahwa Park from the roof of the former Bresee’s, vantage point of his Fourth of July fireworks photographs.

COOPERSTOWN

‘The Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni,” “Cosi fan Tutti” – in five years, Mozart and collabo-

rator Lorenzo Da Ponte produced one hit show after another and changed the shape of opera forever.

But by 1791, Da Ponte was gone and Mozart began working with friend and fellow Freemason Emmanuel Schikaneder on a comic fairy tale for the general public, not just the Viennese elite, a return to the singspiel form of some of Mozart’s early works, using German with spoken dialogue and broad slapstick comedy.

The music ranges from rustic folk songs to tinkling glockenspiel, melting romantic

melodies to spectacular coloratura that still challenges singers today.

The Glimmerglass Festival’s new “Magic Flute” is a thorough updating and rework-ing of Mozart’s classic. Kelley Rourke, Glimmerglass’ adept dramaturge, has pro-duced a swiftly moving English translation that is both witty and poetic.

Gone are the unintelligible references to Freemason myth and ritual, replaced here by the religion of scientific exploration. Gone are the sexist and racist attitudes of the original, replaced by welcome themes of diversity and the redemptive power of natural beauty.

The time is the present, although the set-ting is timeless. As director Madeline Sayet

Please See FLUTE, B2

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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Standing atop the light-house at Alcatraz, over-looking San Francisco

Bay, photographer Stephen Joseph looked up from his camera to take in the breathtak-ing 360-degree view of the bay. “Most people can’t get up to see this,” he said.

His latest series, “Invisible Views,” uses his trademark 360 approach to showcase visions of San Francisco only birds and mice get to see. “I was in the basement of Alcatraz, it’s like something out of a horror movie,” he said. “For my next shot, I’m going to get on top of the Transamerica Building.”

Joseph, whose mother is painter Bunny Joseph, discov-ered photography while peeking in his father Howard’s dark-

room. “I wandered down there when I was 12 and it all looked so dangerous,” he said. “There were all these beakers and

chemicals.”Howard showed him how to

develop a print, and a love was born. “After 50 years, I still remember the magic of watch-ing that first photo develop,” he said. “I use a computer now, of course, but I kind of miss those days.”

He got himself a German-made Exakta camera and began documenting life around Oneonta. “I would photograph friends, places around town,” he said. “I was on the yearbook staff, so I took those photos too!”

But after he moved to Cali-fornia to study at the College of the Arts in Oakland, he began experimenting with his camera. “In the early ’80s, I got really into 3-D photography, making

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PAT THORPEAT THE OPERA

Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival Sean Panikkar as Tamino in The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2015 pro-duction of Mozart’s “Magic Flute.”

This ‘Magic Flute’ Embraces Nature’s ‘Redemptive Power’

FULL CIRCLE

Joseph’s 360 Photos Range From Mighty Nature To His Hometown

From his first print in his dad’s darkroom at age 12, he’s been hooked on photography.

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SUPREME OPERA BUFF: Su-preme Court Justice (and opera fan) Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to give her unique perspective on law and the arts, with as-sist from Glimmerglass Young Artists. 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.glimmerglass.org

PICNIC ‘n’ REGISTER: Community picnic and voter registration drive, hosted by League of Women Voters and Oneonta NAACP. Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Free. Bring dish if you wish; soft drinks provided. Games, Zumba, face painting, raffle. Large pavilion, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-5850.

FOLK FOR KIDS: Grammy winner Dan Zanes and singer/songwriter Eliza-beth Mitchell introduce kids to classic folk songs, 1 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Oneonta World of Learning co-hosts. 10 a.m. workshop with Zanes (registration required); noon potluck picnic. $15; $12 WKC & OWL members; under 3 free. West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, www.westkc.org

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FLUTE/From B1explains, “Our ‘Magic Flute’ is not a journey to a fantastical other world, but a way of looking more deeply into the real place we live in, the woods around Glimmerglass, if only you open your eyes wide enough.”

The trees on stage will definitely open your eyes; created by set designer Troy Hourie, they are a dominant feature of the production,

resourceful and very active.The “Magic Flute” plot

is the classic hero’s journey from confusion to enlight-enment, with challenges from monsters (human and otherwise), aid from side-kicks, failures of faith, and a beautiful girl in need of rescue.

The opera’s hero, Tami-no, ably brought to life by tenor Sean Panikkar, is a handsome, square-jawed master of the urban universe lost in the woods. His reluc-tant sidekick Papageno, a hunter hilariously outfitted in camouflage and blaze orange, is played by Ben Edquist with such irresist-ibly funny physical comedy that you hardly notice what a fine voice he has.

Pamina, our heroine, is trapped in a particularly modern situation, the focus

of a bitter custody battle between her mother, the vil-lainous Queen of the Night, and the enigmatic Sarastro, an impressive Soloman Howard.

Jacqueline Echols, a feisty but also poignant Pamina, is back for her third season at Glimmerglass, this time as a star, bring-ing grace and spirit and a rich soprano to her role. So Young Park, a diabolical beauty as the Queen, hurls her high Fs like lightning bolts.

This is a thoroughly family friendly production, an inviting opportunity for newcomers to enter the world of opera, as well as the world of the forest. The supporting cast and the (mostly offstage) chorus are uniformly excellent, ener-getic and appealing. As

always, Mozart’s music is sublime. Add to that a stage full of lively trees and vi-brant young performers and

Glimmerglass has a com-pletely magical “Flute.”

Pat Thorpe of Cooperstown is review-

ing Glimmerglass Festi-val performances for The

Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.

Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival Claudia Chapa, Aleksandra Romano and Raquel González play The Three Ladies in The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2015 production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.”

‘Magic Flute’ Charts Classic Hero’s JourneyFrom Confusion To Enlightenment And More

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JOSEPH/From B1stereo cards,” he said. “I built a camera that could take the right and the left image.”

But as he was looking at the finished card, with a line of trees, he began to see it less as two images and more as one continuous image. “I just loved that 1:3 ratio,” he said. “Everything’s been photographed, but I wanted to experiment with different ways of looking at things.”

He bought an 1898 Kodak Panorama and rebuilt it, then took it out to Mount Dia-blo in Clayton, Calif. “It’s 85,000 acres of open space,” he said. “Yosemite is great, but everyone’s got a camera

there. I’d rather photo-graph where I live, take the ordinary and create exciting

photos.”He went off trails to pho-

tograph Muir Woods near San Francisco for his book “Forest Meditations,” pub-lished as part of the 100th anniversary of the park in 2007, and got backstage in Las Vegas to take pictures of the Blue Man Group for lighting designer Kevin Adams.

His most recent exhibi-tion, which opened this past November at Lincoln Cen-ter, took him down the Great White Way to photograph the set and costume design-ers of Broadway shows. “I was looking for a new proj-ect and my mom’s friend, Julia Clay, introduced me to Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, a Broadway set designer living in Franklin,” he said. “I photographed her in her studio, and it went from there.”

He even got to photo-graph Tony Walton, the legendary stage designer for shows including “Chicago” and “Guys and Dolls.” “Originally, he didn’t want to be bothered with me,” said Joseph. “But I called him back and told him that my mother told me I couldn’t do the project without him – and he said, ‘Come by tomorrow’!”

The series was eight years in the making. “I live in California, so I was back and forth every two months,” he said. “But it gave me an excuse to eat pastrami and souvlaki, my favorite New York foods.”

In Otsego County this month visiting his parents in Oneonta and their camp on Otsego Lake, he still keeps a weather eye out for views from their patio atop Klugo’s Parkview Place, the former Bresee’s. “I go out on their terrace and take a photo in the same direction every morning,” he said. “You see all this sky? It’s incredible.”

Joseph’s Lincoln Center Exhibit, NowShowing, Was 8 Years In The Making

Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.lifeStephen Joseph and his mother, Bunny, review his recent creations.

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Defendants:KATIE PA LOWSKI;

TO THE ABOVE

NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Com-plaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on Plaintiff’s attor-ney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclu-sive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answeror appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken against you bydefault for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF

ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

THE OBJECT of the above cap-tioned action isfor the foreclosureof: Mortgage bearing the date of April 11, 2007, executed by Katie Pawlowski to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Franklin FinancialCorp, an OP. Sub. of MLB&T Co., FSB to secure the sum of $120,600.00, and interest, and recorded in theOffice of the Clerk of Otsego County on April 17, 2007 in Document Number 2007 00054203.

That Mortgage Electronic Regis-tration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Franklin Financial Corp., an OP. Sub. of

MLB&T Co., FSB duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to LaSalle Bank National Associ tion, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mort-gage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2007-3 by Assignment dated December 18, 2008 and recorded onFebruary 20, 2008 in the Office of the Clerk of Otsego County in Document Number 2009-00069457.

That Mortgage Electronic Regis-tration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Franklin Financial Corp., an OP. Sub. of MLB&T Co., FSB duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MERRILLLYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,MORTGAGE LOAN A SET- BACKED CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2007-3 by Correction Assign-ment dated July 15, 2014 and recordedon September 29, 2014 in the Office of the Clerk of Otsego County in Instrument # 2014-4414.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the MortgagedPremises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Otsego County asthe place of trial. The basis of venue is the County in which the Mor gaged Premises is

situated. Section: 300.5 Block: 3 Lot: 5

NOTICEYOU ARE INDANGER OF

LOSING YOURHOME

If you do not respond to this summons and com-plaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclo-sure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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

Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclo-sure action.

YOU MUST RE-SPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE AT-TORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE AN-SWER WITH THE COURT.

DAVIDSON FINK LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, New York 14614 Tel: (585) 760 8218

WE ARE A TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FORTHAT PURPOSE.

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ALL that certain

plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Oneonta, Otsego County, New York: BEGINNING at the northerly bounds of Reyn-olds Avenue and at the easterly bounds of Church Street and runs THENCE northerly along the easterly bounds of Church Street forty-eight feet more or less to the lands of William G. Shan-non; THENCE easterly along said Shannon’s land one hundred eight feetmore or less to the lands of Fred A.Carpenter; THENCE south-erly along said Carpenter’s land forty-eight feet more or less to the northerly bounds of Reynolds Avenue;THENCE westerly along the northerly bounds of Reyn-olds Avenue one hundred eight feet more or less to the place of BEGIN-NING4LegalJuly23

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BENNETT/From A1School, died Sunday, July 12, after a years-long battle with breast cancer, just one day shy of her 51st birthday.

“She had a great spirit of life, of adventure,” said Jenna Wratten, one of Kathleen’s three running pals, along with McBrearty-Hulse and Anne Killian-Russo. “If she wanted to do something, she said, ‘I think I’m going to try that,’ and then she did!”

“She was a caring indi-vidual and a wonderfully supportive teacher,” said CCS Superintendent C.J. Hebert. “She will be very much missed.”

She began teaching at CCS in 1987, first in the first grade, then later, third. “She made every kid in her classroom feel like they belonged,” said Hulse, a CCS guidance counselor. “I knew as soon as I met her that there was something special about her.”

“Several times a year, she would bring her kids down to my office with poems and stories to tell me that they were eating their veg-etables,” said Teresa Gor-man, the elementary prin-cipal who retired at school year’s end. “Everything she taught was always tied into learning to be a better, more well-rounded person and paying that forward to others.”

“I was an aide in her first-grade classroom back in 1991,” said Killian-Russo. “She taught my son Brendan, and when I got my

teaching degree, we taught third grade side by side.”

She and Russo began walking in the morning, but then found it “took too long,” and took up running instead. “We ran our first race, the Pit Run, 19 years ago,” she said. “We crossed the finish line holding

hands!”“She brought us all

together,” said Wratten. “I was running alone, and one day she said, ‘You’re run-ning with us now’!”

The four continued to race together, including several fundraising 5Ks to fight cancer, in honor of

Bennett’s sister, Cynthia, who died June 23, 2005, at age 43.

“So many runners are so competitive, but she always opened her doors to whoever wanted to come along,” said Hulse. “I started running with her, and our friendship became even

more enjoyable.”“It was more than run-

ning,” agreed Wratten. “It was camaraderie, it was bonding.”

From there, Bennett took up other adventures. “In 2004, she went to Alaska on an Outward Bound trip,” said Russo. “She was 40,

and most of the other people are the trip were in their 20s. The organizers kept asking if she was sure she wanted to go. And she did! She spent two weeks living and hiking on a glacier.”

In 2012, Bennett and Hulse registered for the New York City Marathon, just a few days before Bennett found out she had cancer. “She knew she had to postpone it,” said Hulse.

But the marathon itself was postponed because of Hurricane Sandy, and by 2013, after going through her first round of treatment, she ran and finished the race. “It was waiting for her,” said Hulse.

And despite being afraid of the water, she and Russo ran triathlons together. “She never liked swimming, so I had to stay beside her,” she said. “I did a triathlon alone, and I didn’t do as well in the water. I realized it was because I was a better swimmer when she needed me to be there with her.”

Though she will be missed by friends and stu-dents alike, all have happy memories of time spent with her. “I know everyone has amazing stories that they’ll take with them,” said Hulse.

“We were blessed to have her in our lives,” said Wrattan. “She was an amaz-ing, talented and elegant woman.”

“I’m going to miss her every day of my life,” said Russo. “But I know she’ll always be with me.”

COOPERSTOWN – Kathleen M. Galland-Bennett, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and Cooperstown Elementary School teacher, passed away following a val-iant struggle with cancer Sunday after-noon, July 12, 2015, at her home. She was one day shy of her 51st birthday.

Born Kathleen Mary Galland on July 13, 1964, at Bassett Hospital, she was a daughter of State Trooper David P. Galland and Ethel Maryann (Svant-ner) Galland.

As a youngster she attended school in Hartwick, then later attended Cooperstown Central School, gradu-ating with the Class of 1982. For two years Kathleen attended SUNY Cobleskill, then two years at SUNY Geneseo, receiving her master’s in Ele-mentary Education at SUNY Oneonta.

She then joined the staff at Cooperstown Elementary School as a full-time substitute teacher. She ulti-mately became a third grade teacher and served as grade chair for many years. In her 29 years there, she was a well-loved teaching colleague who touched the lives of many children.

Kathleen also had a passion for running and many other outdoor activities, running in 14 Boilmakers and four marathons, as well as many local triathlons. At one time she was assistant track coach at Cooperstown High School with her mentor, Connie Herzig.

Kathleen was also an avid bicyclist and, along with her girl-friends, participated in the Mount Wash-ington Century Ride. She also enjoyed hik-ing, camping, boat-ing, and taking rides on her motorcycle.

After her sister, Cyndi Galland, was diagnosed with can-cer, Kathleen became active with Relay for

Life and started Team Cinderblock. Even after Cyndi succumbed to her cancer, Kathleen remained active with Relay for Life.

On Feb. 23, 1990, Kathleen mar-ried Raymond R. Bennett, Jr., in a ceremony at Yaki Point, Grand Canyon National Park, and they enjoyed 25 years of marriage.

Kathleen is survived by her loving husband, Ray; their son, Army PV2 Ryon F. Bennett; her mother, Ethel Galland-Stephan, of Hartwick; two step-sisters, Joanne Kreisberg and husband, Irwin, and Carol Reiser and husband, Joseph; step-brother, John H. Stephan, Jr. and wife, Lorraine of Rahway, N.J.; brother-in-law Rich-ard A. Bennett and wife, Holly; three sisters-in-law, Bonny A. Harris, Robin M. Aufmuth and Kelly S. Enck and husband, Bruce; two uncles, Rudy

Svantner and Tom Svantner and wife, Mary; as well many nieces, nephews and cousins and their families, count-less friends and colleagues, and all the children she taught throughout her career.

In addition to her father, who died on Oct. 17, 1968, and syster Cyndi, who died June 23, 2005, she was predeceased by her step-father, re-tired New Jersey Firefighter John H. Stephan, Sr., who died April 20, 2015; her father-in-law, Raymond R. Ben-nett, who died October 8, 1999; and her mother-in-law, Shirley A. Bennett, who died December 27, 2007.

Family and friends may call from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home. The funeral service is at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 17, at the fu-neral home, with Dr. Lee C. Edmonds officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index, where Kathleen will be laid to rest near her sister Cyndi.

Contributions may be made to a scholarship in Kathleen’s memory. Please make checks payable to “Cooperstown Central School”, place Kathleen’s name on the memo line, and mail to the attention of the Busi-ness Office at 39 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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HARTWICK – Matthew Donald Kepner, 49, who worked at Cooperstown restaurants before becoming a stay-at-home dad, passed away at home after a long battle with cancer Monday morning, July 6, 2015.

Proud to be a Native Son of Cooperstown, Matt was born at Bassett Hospital on May 8, 1966. He was the son of George S. Kepner, Jr., a retired Otsego County Surrogate Court judge, and Ethel Suzanne Noakes Kepner.

He grew up as an active boy in Fly Creek, where he became affectionately known as “MattRat.” In his youth he was involved with the Boy Scouts, including trips to Order of the Arrow Conferences and National Boy Scout Jamborees in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. He often recalled the times that he spent at the Camp Hen-derson, the Boy Scout camp on Crumhorn Mountain.

At a young age Matt

began working in local restaurant establishments, where he learned the details of the business. Meeting and befriending locals and trav-elers alike, Matt’s friendly and unique personality made him a fixture in the community. After graduat-ing from Cooperstown Cen-tral School, Class of 1985, he pursued his creative side and attended The Art Insti-tute of Fort Lauderdale.

He later returned to the local area, spending much time in Farkel Park socializ-ing and watching the world around him. Some of Matt’s fondest memories were the times he shared with his friends at “Chicken Farm” in Cooperstown. Everyone who knew him had a “Matt-Rat” story.

Matt, with his best friend and partner, Tassha, traveled extensively throughout the U.S, with a favorite destina-tion of Walt Disney World in Florida, where visiting the Haunted Mansion was

always a priority. He loved all things Disney, Rock-n-Roll and art of all forms. Matt was also a homemaker and later a loving stay at home dad for his son Taylor.

Matt is survived by his long-time partner, Tassha Rathbone, and their 4-year-old son, Taylor Sanford Kepner, whom he greatly adored, of Hartwick; his brother, Christian T. Kepner of Cooperstown; a step-sis-ter, Rachael R. Demsker, and her husband, Robert,

and their son, Theodore, of Pepper Pike, Ohio; a step-brother, Jay Crossman and his wife, Danya, and their children, Hunter and Lauren, of Oneonta; and his step-mother, Claire A. Kepner, of Fly Creek.

He is further survived by Tassha’s family, including her mother, Sherlee Rath-bone and partner George Anzelone, sister Tabetha Rathbone and husband George Crippen, brother Shad Rathbone and partner

Nancy Croft, and brother Tavish Rathbone, along with many other nieces and nephews, extended family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Suzanne N. Kepner, who died Decem-ber 28, 1988, and his father, George S. Kepner, Jr., who died October 30, 1993.

It was Matt’s wish that there be no formal funeral or memorial service or call-ing hours. Instead, there will be a Celebration of Life

for “MattRat” at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Forest of Dozen Dads, 325 Blacks Road, in the Town of Middlefield.

For those who wish to remember Matt with a me-morial gift, please consider donating to a college fund for Taylor Kepner at Com-munity Bank or by visiting GoFundMe.com/yuuwe6p

Arrangements are entrust-ed to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown.

Matthew D. Kepner, 49; Cancer Claims Native Son, Stay-At-Home Dad

RICHFIELD SPRINGS – John A. DeFino, 76, a town justice for over two decades, passed away on Saturday evening, July 11, 2015.

He was born on Sept. 9, 1938, in New York City, son of the late Joseph and Vin-cenza Trotta DeFino.

John was raised in New York and was educated in private schools for boys. He furthered his education at the New York School of Print-ing and went on to gradu-ate from the International School of Printing in Colo-rado Springs, Colo.

On April 4, 1959, he married the former Evelyn Hertel in Whitestone.

He served for 21 years as the Town of Richfield Justice and was a member of the Richfield Springs Volunteer Fire Department for 26 years.

He was one of the found-ers of Pop Warner Football in Richfield Springs and was a coach for the Richfield Springs Little League.

For 21 years he was a football official for the Mo-

hawk Val-ley Chapter and for 20 years he was a base-ball official for the Mohawk Valley Chapter.

Surviv-ing are his

wife of 61 years, Evelyn; one daughter, Lisa Hareld and her husband, Greg of San Diego, Calif.; a son, Josh DeFino and his wife, Brenda of Syracuse; and two granddaughters.

Calling hours for Mr. DeFino will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Thursday, July 16, at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.

A funeral at the funeral home will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 17, with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrat-ed at 11 a.m. at Saint Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Richfield Springs, with the Rev. Bernard Osei Ampong, pastor, officiating.

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HOMES FOR RENT

House For Rent! 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath Colonial in Middle-field. $1500 per month, includes use of 2 car garage. Pets may be permitted with extra security and referenc-es.Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391 for details.TFNHOMES FOR SALE

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and bright retail space second to none in the downtown lower hub of the city. $2950 per month. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC for details at 607-432-4391.TFN

Ground level office for rent with off street parking on upper Main Cooperstown. Includes use of private con-ference room and access to galley kitchen. Heat, internet, and electric included. $500 a month with 2 year lease. Call Steve at 607-547-29513ClassJuly31

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Nice 2 BR, 1 Bath, Washer/Dryer. Yearly lease. Available September 1st, Fly Creek. Schoolhouse Road. 3 miles to Cooperstown! $775 + Utilities. (607) 547-74043ClassJuly9

Hartwick Studio Apart-ment for Rent: upstairs parking - not pets or smok-ing - $475 + utilities. Refer-ences. Call Dave LaDuke, 435-2405 or 547-8551.TFN

Hartwick 1BR Apart-ment for rent: 1 bedroom, ground level, covered proch -- washer/dryer, parking -- no pets or smoking. $595.00 + utilities, references. Call Dave LaDuke, 435-2405 or 547-8551.TFN

Cooperstown Apartment - 2 Bedroom, 2nd floor, $950.00, all included. Lease, no pets. Call Dave LaDuke, 435-2405 or 547-8551.TFN

Cooperstown Apartment For rent. 2nd floor. 2 bdrm. Garage. $750 utilities includ-ed. No pets. No smoking. Call Dave LaDuke, 435-2405 or 547-8551.TFN

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Oneonta Business For Sale! Turn key, established Bar/Restaurant business in busy center city location. Contact Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391 for more details.TFN

Business for sale in Oneonta, NY. Established Pet Shop in mid city Plaza. Turn Key operation with liberal training period. Call owners at: (607) 433-0183. 10am-4pm / Tues.-Fri.3ClassJuly17

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Sunday, July 19 CONTINUED FROM B5

DINNER & SHOW -- 7-10 p.m. Soul Injection performs for Sum-mer Concert Series, after buffet dinner. $30 dinner & show. The Lake House, 2521 Co. Hwy. 22, Richfield Springs. Res, (315) 858-2058 or www.cooperstown-lakehouse.com

Sunday, July 19 REUNION -- Noon. Bostwick/Baldwin Family Reunion. Wilber Park Pavilion, Milford. Bring dish

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service, beverage. Info, Anna Ritchey (607) 563-1104. MUSEUM TALK -- 1-3 p.m. “The Bible: Its Importance in Early American Life, with Pastor Mike Glisson.” Free. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave (off River St.), Oneonta. Handicapped access. Info, (607) 432-0960. CONCERT -- 2 p.m. Matt Harlan, 2013 Texas “Singer/Songwriter of the Year,” in free concert & ice cream social. Donations at door. Little White Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake. Info (607) 858-2575. CONCERT -- 4 p.m. Roberta

Rowland-Raybold in free “Christ-mas in July” organ concert. Donations benefit church music program. Reception after. Evan-gelical Lutheran Church, Rte. 28, Hartwick Seminary. Info, (607) 547-8196.

Monday, July 20 ONEONTA CHESS – After 5 p.m. Mondays; all levels wel-come. Free. Join for a casual, fun night. Summer location: Panera Bread, Southside Mall, Oneonta, Info, Domiano at

(607) 206-0510. LIBRARY EVENING -- 7-8 p.m. Part of free Family Summer Evening series, this time with Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Dept. members. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villageli-braryofcooperstown.org or (607) 547-8344. Tuesday, July 21

COMMUNITY CONVERSA-TIONS -- 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays. Join Oneonta Common Council members for coffee & chat. Main Street Creamery, So. Main St. at Ford Ave (across from City Hall), Oneonta.

CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Free Lake-front Concert, with Bets & Frets duo. Free movie, “#42” after. Bandstand, Lakefront Park, 1 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.

Wednesday, July 22 COOP CHESS -- 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays. Casual, open to all. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org or (607) 547-8344. THEATER -- 7 p.m. (also July 29) “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged revised)” live. Monty Python meets Shakespeare as three men try to perform all The Bard’s works in 90 minutes. $15 adults, $12 seniors & members; $10 ages 7-12; 6 and under free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org. FLY CREEK MEET -- 7p.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society hosts speaker Connie Tedesco on “Native Plants of Otsego County.” All welcome; refresh-ments served. 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-1275. CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Richfield Springs Area Chamber of Com-merce hosts The Saints Jazz Quintet Plus One. Free. Spring Park, Main St. (Rte. 20), Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-0964.

Thursday, July 23PICNIC/OPERA -- 5:30 p.m.

bring-or-buy picnic & talk; 7:30 p.m. show. “Faith & The Flute” series group attendance of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Discount tickets at (607) 547-2255, men-tion FluteOtsego code. CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Just Throw Money in free Oneonta Sum-mer Series concert. Mobile bandstand near Hodges Pond, Neahwa Park, Oneonta.

Friday, July 24inDUCTiOn!

HOF INDUCTION WEEKEND -- July 24-27. Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Induc-tion weekend schedule at www.baseballhall.org

Saturday, July 25HOF INDUCTION WEEKEND

-- July 24-27. Cooperstown’s National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend schedule at www.baseballhall.org

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FREE CONCERT AT OMMEGANG

New York Players will be performing a free concert 6-10 p.m. Friday, July 17, at Brewery Ommegang.

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Saturday, July 25 CONTINUED FROM B7HD THEATER BROADCAST

-- 11:55 a.m. National Theater broadcast of performance of George Bernard Shaw’s comedy “Man and Superman,” starring Ralph Fiennes. $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10 students. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.Info, www.foothillspac.org or (607) 431-2080.

CHURCH BBQ -- 3-7 p.m. An-nual Hall of Fame Chicken BBQ. Brooks’ chicken, homemade salads, pie. Dinner choices $8-$12. Eat under tent or take out. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., (at Glen Ave.), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5782.

DINNER & SHOW -- 7-10 p.m. Moonshine Junkies perform for Summer Concert Series, after buffet dinner. $30 dinner & show. The Lake House, 2521 Co. Hwy. 22, Richfield Springs. Res, (315) 858-2058 or www.cooperstownlakehouse.com

POSTPONEMENT: Note 8 p.m. scheduled performance of Hollywood Nights band at Foot-hills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta postponed till fall. Info, Foothills PAC, (607) 431-2080.

Sunday, July 26 HOF INDUCTION WEEKEND -- July 24-27. Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Induc-tion weekend schedule at www.baseballhall.org MUSEUM TALK -- 1-3 p.m. “Time After Time: The SW Clocks, with Walt Nagel.” Free. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave (off River St.), Oneonta. Handicapped access. Info, (607) 432-0960.

Monday, July 27 HOF INDUCTION WEEKEND -- July 24-27. Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Induc-tion weekend schedule at www.baseballhall.org

Tuesday, July 28 COMMUNITY CONVERSA-TIONS -- 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays. Join Oneonta Common Council members for coffee & chat. Main Street Creamery, So. Main St. at Ford Ave. (across from City Hall), Oneonta. LANDMARKS TALK -- 7 p.m. Landmarks Ordinance presenta-

tion by New York State His-toric Preservation Office’s Julian Adams. Free; public welcome. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Free Lakefront Concert, with Mark Berger & Rich DePaolo (tales of the real West). Bandstand, Lakefront Park, 1 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. HYDE HALL HAUNTING - 6 p.m., 7 p.m. & 8 p.m. (also Aug. 4 & 11). Meet the ghosts of Hyde Hall and hear eerie true tales of the home’s historic resi-dents. $15, limited tour group, reservations required at (607) 547-5098. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www.hydehall.org

Wednesday, July 29 THEATER -- 7 p.m. Final perfor-mance of “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged re-vised)” live. Monty Python meets Shakespeare as three men try to perform all The Bard’s works in 90 minutes. $15 adults, $12 seniors & members; $10 ages 7-12; 6 and under free. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org. MAIN ST. WALK -- 7 p.m.GOHS’s Bob Brzozowski and Janet Potter lead walking tour of Main St., Oneonta, east of Deitz St. $1 donation GOHS mem-bers, $2 others. Rain date, next day. Meet at Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oenonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Richfield Springs Area Chamber of Commerce hosts Seth & Nash (Americana). Free. Spring Park, Main St. (Rte. 20), Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 858-0964

Friday, July 30 CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents Bradley Brook-shire, harpsichordist for the Metropolitan Opera, in “ JS Bach ‘Goldberg Variations’ Demysti-fied.” $25 adults; $15 ages 6-18. Drawing Room, Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Limited seating; tickets at (800) 838-3006 or www. brownpaper-

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Saturday, August 1 HD THEATER BROADCAST -- 12:55 p.m. National Theater broadcast of production of “The Audience” $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10 students. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta.Info, www.foothillspac.org or (607) 431-2080. RAIL FAN DAY -- 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Celebrate trains with pump car rides, wrecking crane demo, track rides and displays, a chicken BBQ, more. Public wel-come. Milford Depot & Museum, Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Depot, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 432-2429 or www.lrhs.com

Sunday, August 2 MUSEUM TALK -- 1-3 p.m. “The Huntington Family, with HML ge-nealogy librarian Sarah Livings-ton.” Free. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave. (off River St.), Oneonta. Handicapped ac-

cess. Info, (607) 432-0960.

Tuesday, August 4 HYDE HALL HAUNTING - 6 p.m., 7 p.m. & 8 p.m. (also Aug. 11). Meet the ghosts of Hyde Hall and hear eerie true tales of the home’s historic residents. $15, limited tour group, reserva-tions required at (607) 547-5098. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www.hydehall.org CONCERT -- 7 p.m. Free Lake-front Concert, with Cooperstown Community Band. Free movie, “The Princess Bride,” after. Bandstand, Lakefront Park, 1 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Saturday, August 8 HD THEATER BROADCAST -- 12:55 p.m. National Theater broadcast of production of Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10 students. Foothills Perform-ing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org or (607) 431-2080. TRAIN ‘ROBBERY’ -- 1 p.m. Old West train robbery, period cos-tumes, shootouts, fun. About 2 hours. Adults $19; seniors $18; ages 3-12 $16; under 3 free. Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Depot, 136 E. Main St. Milford. (607) 432-2429.

Fans Heidi Hofbauer-Buzzy, Lesley Wilber and Sabrina Beckerink, all of Oneonta, had front-row seats for the Hospice Celebrity Party. Kelsea Bal-lerini performs in the background.

Randy Tromble, Oneonta, walks through the ankle-deep rain water and mud that had pooled inside the tent during the concert.

Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.lifeDespite heavy rains and ankle deep mud – even under the tent – Rock ’n’ Roll revelers came out in droves Thursday, July 9, to hear Kelsea Ballerini and Gavin DeGraw, above, sing at the Hospice Celebrity Party in the Sixth Ward Booster Club Field in Oneonta.

ROCKIN’ FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOSPICE