Bassett Promotes Andrews, Stamp, Wiley To Top Posts

• Sue Andrews to vice president of finance. She will continue to work for Chief Financial Officer Nicholas J. Nicoletta. She and husband Bruce live in Schuyler Lake.
• William Stamp to executive director of marketing, corporate communications and strategic planning. He joined Bassett in 1999, and lives in Oneonta with his wife Pauline and three daughters.
• Ronette Wiley to vice president for performance improvement and care coordination. She joined Bassett five years ago and lives in Richfield Springs with her husband, Scott, and their five
children.

PHARMACY GRADUATE: On Mother’s Day, Ryan Madison, graduate of Cooperstown Central School, graduated with a doctorate in pharmacy from Albany College of Pharmacy. As president
of the class, he delivered a speech incorporating the Mother’s Day theme. Dr. Madison will be working at Walgreens in the Buffalo area while he and his fiancee do a residency with hospice; he is also being trained in a speciality: HIV drugs. He is the son of Mona Levandowski-Madison and the late Donald Madison.

JUNE STUDENTS: Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School has announced its June students of the month: Ethan Drugatz, seventh grade; Emily Wilmot, eighth; Brittany Crandall, 10th; Adam Halay, 11th, and Savannah Whiteman and Michael Fassett, both seniors.

NEW LAWYER: Ryan Miosek, son of Frank and Susan Miosek, Cooper-stown, received his juris doctor degree from New England School of Law Fri-day, May 22. He also received the President Anna P. Hirsch Award for service to the law school. He will join the law firm of Morrison & Mahoney in Boston as an associate. Ryan and his wife Caitlin live in Marblehead, Mass., with their daughter, Madilyn, 3.

ONEONTA GRADS: Local graduates in SUNY Oneonta’s Class of 2008 include William M. Davidson, chemistry, Jesus M. Gomez, education and Spanish, and Alan R. Rowe, history museum studies, all Cooperstown; Veronica L. Coletti, sociology, Richfield Springs; and Dawn Anne Bernard, computer art, Roseboom.

OSWEGO HONOREES: Emily L.Pokorny, a marketing major, was named to SUNY Oswego’s President’s List for the spring semester. Beth A. Havlik, elementary education major, was named to the Dean’s List. Both are seniors from Cooperstown.

Bassett’s Dr. Blask To Brief Congress On Light Pollution

David E. Blask, Ph.D., M.D., senior research scientist and head ofBassett’s Laboratory of Chrono-Neuroendocrine Oncology, will be a featured speaker at a Congressional briefing, entitled “Combating LightPollution” Friday, June 20, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. He will be discussing thehuman health consequences oflight at night, with particularregard to cancer risk.The congressional briefing is sponsored by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, in conjunction with the International Dark-Sky Association.






Jessie Ravage, president of Cooperstown’s Friends of the Park, wields a rake along with volunteers who completed installation of a playground at Badger Park, behind the Great American, on Friday and Saturday, June 6-7. Talking at right is Karen Armstrong, a Richfield Springs native who is working with Parkitects, the Ithaca-based playground designer; she will be working on 16-20 similar playgrounds over the summer. The work was done by early afternoon Saturday. A reception to celebrate the project is planned at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22, on the site.

CV-S Senior Class Announces College Plans

Here are the college plans of members of the Cherry Valley-Springfield High School senior class:
Lyla G. Abdallah, SUNY Cobleskill, business management. Jennifer Lynn Bowen, Herkimer County Community College, liberal arts Anthony Franklin Brant, Mohawk Valley Community College, general studies Kendra Lynn Burst, Ithaca College, Speech-language pathology Audrianna Irene Butler, SUNY Delhi, nursing Keegan R. Butts, Herkimer County Community College, criminal justice/cyber security Jordan Alexander Carter, University Northwestern Ohio, high performance motor sports technology Scott Ono Chiba, Temple University, Italian Dylan Joshua Clements, SUNY Cobleskill, general studies Desiree A. Cornelia, Cazenovia College, liberal arts Tylor Cornell, enter the world of work Don P. Corns, enter the world of work Blaze Cayenne Cox, Rotary Exchange Thailand/College Sebastian Daou, Rennsselaer Polytechnic, engineering
Cody Wayne Duncan, Entering the Military Michael Gordon Fassett, SUNY Cobleskill, early childhood education Catherine Grace Fischer, SUNY New Paltz, liberal arts Janet Marie Fish, SUNY Cobleskill, physical education Kaitlyn Ann Fox, Rochester Institute of Technology, accounting/business Steven G. French, University of the Arts, animation Scott H. Fullington, Herkimer County Community College, cybersecurity Barry Charles Gaughan, SUNY Cobleskill, agribusiness Jason R. Guernsey, Elmira College, business Braden Michael Hanlon, Nassau
College, psychology Calvin B. Hardy, LeMoyne College, nursing Zachary S. Hayes, Fulton Montgomery Community College, automotive Technology Nathaniel T. Herringshaw, Fulton Montgomery Community College, general Studies Kyle Thomas Hysack, Utica College, business management Ashley Nicole Jacoby, Ithaca College, history/political science/pre-law Weston Walker Johnson, SUNY Albany, English/pre-law Nicholas Tivon Jordan, Herkimer County Community College, television and radio broadcasting Kyle Shane Kraham, SUNY Cobleskill, agribusiness Laura Rebekah Kroon, University of Kentucky, pre-pharmacy Richard Marvin Lantz, enter the world of work Adrienne Elizabeth Mabie, Utica College, childhood education
Jesse Jon Miller, enter the world of work Tawny Erin Montgomery, Fulton Montgomery Community College, accounting Michelle Louise Natali, Herkimer County Community College,
physical therapy assistant John M. Odbert, SUNY Potsdam, liberal arts Zachary K. Pecenak, American International College, coaching Benjamin D. Prime, enter the world of work Sabrina Marie Proctor, Cazenovia College, equine business Management Robert Kurt Schafsteck,
SUNY Albany, 2 plus 3 law program Lucas F. Sikkema, College, undecided Owen Michael Stenz, SUNY Cobleskill, sciences Matthew Aaron Tracy, entering the world of work Amanda Lynn VanBuren, Hartwick College, liberal arts James Thomas VanDerKrake, Utica College, history
Scott Jeffrey VanDerKrake, Utica College, mathematics education Joseph Varone Jr., entering the world of work Emily Louise Vesely, Mohawk Valley Community College, general Studies
Savannah Marie Whiteman, Herkimer County Community College, criminal justice Devin Lee York, entering the world of work Anthony Dewitt Young, entering the world of work.


EXTENSION HONORS:

Brenda Berstler, entrepreneur and founder of Savor NY, thanks attendees at the Cooperative Extension open house Thursday, June 6, for placing a plaque in her honor in the renovated kitchen. She donated half the proceeds from her cookbook, “Home Plate,” for that purpose. Also honored was Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, for obtaining an allocation to renovate
extension headquarters on Lake Street. From left are Executive Director Dinnie Sloman, Magee, Berstler, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and extension President Doug Geertjens.


NEW MOTEL: John Seamon installs a window-frame at The Heritage Inn, the 14-unit motel he and wife Yvette are completing north of Schuyler Lake on Route 28. Yvette hopes to have an associated gift shop featuring local crafts open for business by the Fourth of July. The couple have operated a dairy farm in the area.














NEW CURATOR: Erin Chrissman has joined The Farmers’ Museum as curator. Previously, she was curator at Historic Cherry Hill in Albany, managing relocating the collection to a new facility. Locally, she will focus on refining and enhancing the museum’s collection of artifacts associated with 19th-century agriculture. She received her B.A. from SUNY Geneseo and master’s from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies. The curator position is underwritten by the Tianaderrah Foundation.

FELDSTEIN ELEVATED: Ron Feldstein of Otego, former county representative and an associate broker at Prudential Fox, Oneonta and Cooperstown, has been named president of the Municipal Electric & Gas Alliance’s board of directors. MEGA is the state Association of Counties’ preferred energy-procurement program. A graduate with SUNY Brockport with a master’s from
SUNY Albany, Feldstein was an administrator at SUNY Oneonta for 32 years.

SAILING STANDOUTS: John and Mary Ford (captain/crew) won the Otsego Sailing Club’s Memorial Day Thistleracing series. On June 7, Thistles captained by Jonas Kelly, John Ford and Jerry Phalen finished in that order. A current national champion and one past national champ are expected when 35 boats race this weekend, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15.

TOP ADVISER: Barron’s has recognized Erna Morgan McReynolds on its list of the “Top 100 Women Financial Advisers” in its June 7 edition. Morgan McReynolds, who has been with Smith Barney for 20 years, is well-known in Cooperstown as a member of the Friends of Bassett and fund-raising activities for civic causes. She and husband Tom live in Franklin.

The Bassett Healthcare team at the 10th annual Otsego County Relay for
Life Friday, May 30, at the Westville Airport included, from left, Pat Hogan,
tumor registrar; Kathy Kasprowicz, Cancer Treatment Center research coordinator; Mary Johnson, Cancer Treatment Center patient service associate and the team coordinator; Regina Oakes, pharmacist; Dr. Barbara Healey, cancer physician, and Lori Harper, tumor registrar.

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