Johnathan Harnett, son of Donna and William Harnett, welcomes wellwishers at a celebration of his father’s life held Saturday, June 21, at the Old School Cafe in Cherry Valley. Johnathan’s wife Evie and Richard Saba performed an original work. Bill Harnett, founder of RBS Inc., the Cherry Valley software company, was “promoted to a better life” on April 12; instead of a funeral, he had asked for a party.



SPRINGFIELD CENTER

An Adirondack chair, built by Dan West of West WoodWorks of Cherry Valley and decorated by MaryLou Ganio, Roseboom, will be raffled off to benefit the Cherry Valley-Springfield Endowment Foundation for Educational Excellence during Springfield’s Fourth of July activities.
It will be on view the Community Center during and after Springfield’s fame Independence Day parade, and the winning ticket will be drawn at the end of the festivities.
The Foundation Endowment Fund provides grants to CV-S Central School for projects not funded by other means.
Tickets for the chair are available from any of the Endowment Foundation Directors. Call 264-3069 for information.
Bruce Hall Corp. of Cooperstown donated the wood.

2 SLAMS MADE: Victor Salvatore and Marie Murray bid and made a bonus slam and a regular slam when the Senior Citizens Bridge Group convened six tables Tuesday, June 24, at the Clark Sports Center. Overall, Salvatore was first with 5,780, Marie Murray second with 5,160 and Ruth Livermore third with 4,280. Kathy Senko won the special prize. The club meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. All are welcome. Bring a bag lunch. Information, call 547-4423, 547-2471 or 286-7632.

ON CATALINA: George Kenneth Landon, son of Diane and Steve Elliott, Cooperstown, is spending two weeks as a Landmark Volunteer on Catalina Island, 22 miles off the Southern California coast. He is on a team that will work on trail construction, removal of invasive species, reforestation and facilities maintenance. Landmark Volunteers, Sheffield, Mass., offers opportunities for young people to do community service on historical or environmental projects.

HALL-KONCHAR WIN: The team of Bruce Hall and Anthony Konchar took first place Sunday, June 22, at the Kirn’s Body Shop Bass Tournament on Canadarago Lake, hosted by the Susquehanna Bass Association. The team’s five-fish limit weighed 18.58 pounds. Second were Tom Trelease and Dave Frederick, 17.7 pounds; third, Bob Gray and Don Hoag, 15.57 pounds; fourth Jim Dillenbeck and Vic VanSteenburg, 14.18 pounds. Bruce Hall pulled in the tournament lunker, a 5.08-pound largemouth bass, 20 inches long. The biggest smallmouth, 19 inches long and 3.93 pounds, was caught by Bob Gray. The association’s second tournament will be 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at Delta Lake. For information, call 432-5262, 547-5794, or 432-7553.

GREGORY PROMOTED: Seth Gregory, New Lisbon, serving with the Forward Support Company 204th Engineer Battalion, has been promoted to the rank of specialist, Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto of the state Army National Guard announced.

O-D TO HOF: Craig Muder, sports editor of the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, has joined the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in the communications department.

LOW GOLFERS: Carol Steigelman scored the low 32 when the Leatherstocking Women’s Golf Association played for the best net score of holes 5-13 Tuesday, July 24. Liz Darling scored 33.5; Pattie Carrie and Barbara Schanz, 34; Martha Vaules and Dominica 36; and Elaine Bresee and Linda Kehoe 36.5.

PUBLISHED POET: A poem by Maggie Millner of Cherry Valley was selected for publication in the 2008 edition of The Apprentice Writer, a literary magazine published by the Writers’ Institute at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa. Seventy works were chosen from 5,000 entries. She is the daughter of Barbara and Robert Millner.



COOPERSTOWN

Paul Kuhn, the recently retired deputy mayor, was installed as the 2008-09 president of the Cooperstown Rotary Club at the annual Pass the Gavel Dinner Tuesday, June 24, at The Otesaga. He replaces Cathy Raddatz, who becomes past president.
Other new officers are Gary Kuch, president elect, and Bill Glockler, vice president. Chuck Newman remains treasurer and Margaret Savoie, secretary.
The following awards were also presented:
• Educator of Year – Christine McBrearty-Hulse, guidance counselor, Cooperstowen Elementary School.
• Christopher J. Warrell Community Service Award – Ellen Tillapaugh, a past president of club and president of the local League of Women Voters for six years. The award was presented by her brother, Martin Tillapaugh; their father, George Tillapaugh, was a one-time Rotary president.
• Paul Harris Fellows – Marianne Bez and Ed Walsh. Irene Fassett, who has played the piano for the club for 17 years, was named a fellow, and also an honorary Rotarian.



SPRINGFIELD CENTER

Lisa Panzeri and Daniel Rosen were married Saturday, June 21, at home in Springfield Center. James Atwell, a Quaker minister, conducted the non-denominational ceremony. Thomas Pullyblank, a close friend of the bride, also participated in the ceremony. The wedding reception followed at The Otesaga.
The bride has enjoyed a 14-year career as an administrator, teacher, and coach at private schools in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine. She just completed her fourth year teaching at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. Over her career, Mrs. Rosen has taught English, history, geography, served as an admissions director, supervised outdoor education and international exchange programs in western Europe, Scandinavia and Peru, and chaired an instrumental music department.
She has coached fencing, rowing, soccer, Nordic skiing and girl’s lacrosse. As a student at the University of Massachusetts, she was co-founder and co-captain of the women’s ice hockey team.
Mrs. Rosen owned and operated a worldwide, experiential outdoor adventure company, Luna Adventures, until the adoption of her teenage sons three years ago. She is the local liaison for the Sheffield-based Landmark Volunteers.
The groom spent most of his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in positions ranging from economist, chief of public information and special assistant. Before that, he was senior economic specialist at Chase Manhattan Bank, and was a consultant to Nelson Rockefeller when the governor was considering a presidential run.
Mr. Rosen also taught at New York University’s undergraduate and graduate schools, and at Pace University’s graduate business school. After the Fed, he served as executive director of the state Council on Economic Education, where he was responsible for overseeing 16 Centers for Economic Education on colleges and universities throughout the state.
After becoming a full-time resident of Springfield, he volunteered at SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station, helping with its communications. He was a co-founder of the Otsego Lake Association.
Prior to his election to Springfield town board, he served on the Planning Board, playing a critical role getting a site plan review law adopted. As councilman, he helped introduce administrative reforms, built a community playground, revitalized the town’s public landing and helped give impetus to the town undertaking a comprehensive plan.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosen will make the Springfield residence their home.


Outgoing Cooperstown Rotary President Cathy Raddatz hands incoming President Paul Kuhn not only the gavel, but the Rotary blazer she wore during her year-long tenure. This was during the Passing The Gavel Dinner Tuesday, June 24, at The Otesaga.

Rotarian (and CCS superintendent) Mary Jo McPhail presents the club’s Educator of the Year Award to Christine McBrearty-Hulse, guidance counselor at Cooperstown Elementary School.











Irene Fassett of East Springfield, who has played the piano at club meetings for 17 years, was named an honorary Rotarian and was named a Paul Harris fellow.

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