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Megan Elyse Green and Justin “Juddy” Lindberg were united in marriage in a double-ring ceremony on June 7, 2008, at the Mount Vision United Methodist Church by the Rev. Richard Stackhouse.
The bride is the daughter of Henry and Deborah Green of Cooperstown. The groom is the son of Kim Lindberg of Middlefield and the late John H. Lindberg.
The bride wore a white Maggie Sottero one-piece, strapless, corset-back gown. It featured a dazzling encrusted bodice highlighting the asymmetrical soft-pleated waist. Embellishments of glass crystals were delicately sprinkled on the front of the skirt and on the chapel length train.
The maid of honor was Natalie Green, sister of the bride. The best man was John H. Lindberg Jr., brother of the groom.
Bridesmaids were Amy McEnroe, Angela Lidell, Emmanuel Marchesseault, Amanda Sikkeme, friends of the bride, and Shalyn Tilley, cousin of the bride. Flower girls were Brittany Mereness, friend of the bride and Alexandria Geissinger, cousin of the groom.
Groomsmen were Scott Johnson, Brian Manley, Ryan Williams, Jesse Coughlan, Hisham Abdallah and James Patenaude, friends of the groom.
A reception the 1819 House, Hartwick Seminary, followed the ceremony.
The bride is a 2001 graduate of Cooperstown Central School and a 2003 graduate of SUNY Cobleskill. She is employed by Edmeston Central School as a licensed teaching assistant and at Essential Elements Day Spa.
The groom is a 2001 graduate of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School and attended SUNY Plattsburgh. He is employed at Doubleday Café in Cooperstown as a bartender.
The Lindbergs reside in Cooperstown.


COOPERSTOWN

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Four students who spent this summer at the Bassett Research Institute presented their findings Friday, Aug. 8, on the following topics:
• Brian Reis, Cooperstown, a sophomore at Harvard this fall: “Mutation Scanning of p53 Gene in Tumor Cells by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis.”
• Ruby Ward, Milford, a sophomore neuro-science major at Middlebury College: “Stimulating Lipolysis and AMP-activated Protein Kinease in Primary Adipocytes.”
• Robert Tirrell and Erin Dauchy, “Dietary Melatonin and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Inhibit Human Cancer Growth In Vivo via Receptor-Mediated Suppression of Linoleic Acid Uptake and Metabolism. ” Tirrell, Cooperstown, is a Cornell senior majoring in biology. Erin Dauchy, Fly Creek, a Cornell graduate who will be a research assistant at Tulane this fall.


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Molly Waton’s felt bowl won Best of Show in the under-10 division in the Domestic Department at the Otsego County Fair.
Local winners in the adult division included:
• Casey Ives, Milford, crocheted poncho, solid crocheted center piece, crocheted article.
• Dora Cooke, Fly Creek, lap robe made of fabric quilted or appliqued.
• Cornelia Green of Burlington Flats, counted X stitch.
Pre-School Fine Arts and Crafts winners included:
• Claincy Chase of Cooperstown, unidentified item.
Grades 5-8:
• Helen Powers, Hartwick, still life.
• Paige Duncan of Hartwick, mixed medium.
Grades 9-12:
• Helen Glaser, Milford, portrait.

NEW OB-GYN: Renee J.Wellenstein, D.O., has joined Bassett Healthcare’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Cooperstown.
In December, she will begin also seeing patients at Cobleskill Regional Hospital. She comes from the Center for Women’s Care in Norwalk and Wilton, Conn., and previously was with the Alliance for Women’s Health, Norwalk.
She has a bachelor of science from Siena and an advanced degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
She did her residency at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital. She is married to Komron Ostovar, M.D., who recently joined Bassett as a hospitalist.



SIMPLY SUBLIME: Marc Connor, a Cooperstown native now living in New York City, won the top award at NYSHA “Taste of the Sublime” exhibition Saturday, Aug. 9, on the lawn behind the Fenimore Art Museum. Connor’s wife, Betty Villarreal, whom he met while studying for his BFA at the Chicago Art Institute, accompanied him. Marc graduated from CCS in 1988, and after Chicago studied art in Dublin, then received his MFA at Yale. The couple is currently renovating a home in Mount Upton.

BOOK PUBLISHED: “Fixing the System: A History of Populism, Ancient and Modern,” by Adrian Kuzminski, Fly Creek, has just been published by Continuum Books, New York. It is available via amazon.com. Kuzminski is a research scholar in philosophy at Hartwick College.

JOINS E-R: Mark E. Winther, M.D., has joined Bassett Healthcare’s department of Emergency and Trauma Services after completing an emergency medicine residency at Albany Medical Center.
He will see patients in Cooperstown, at Cobleskill Regional Hospital, and Little Falls Hospital. He graduated magna cum laude at Siena College, and earned his medical degree at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
He is a member of the American Medicine Resident Association, American College of Emergency Medicine and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He lives in Richfield Springs.


VOLUNTEER: Brian Panzeri, 16, son of Lisa and Dan Rosen of Springfield Center, has returned from two weeks with the Landmark Volunteers program at The Adaptive Sports Center in Windham. The center, in the Catskills, provides year-round recreational programs for physically and cognitively disabled individuals. A certified lifeguard, Brian’s duties included overseeing water-based sports programs and assisting center staff at events for the Wounded Warrior Program, a special workshop for disabled soldiers returning from Iraq. In June, Brian completed an internship mentoring teenagers with Down Syndrome at Mount Everett Regional High School in Sheffield, Mass., where he was also a three-season athlete, Student Council Treasurer, SADD member, Massachusetts’ Fairview Hospital student intern, town volunteer youth basketball coach, and Berkshire County Special Olympics volunteer. He is currently a lifeguard at the Springfield Town Beach and a member of DeMolay International, a Masonic youth organization. He will be a junior at Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School in September and hopes to pursue a career in human services.

TO THE RESCUE: PERSON’S BEST FRIEND: Bassett Hospital’s new pet-therapy program includes, from left, Susan Miosek and her border collie Romeo; Vivian Beckman and her Australian shepherd Crackerjax; Sue Hughson with her golden retriever Penny, and Dr. Marina Bravin with her golden retriever Zoya. Dr. Bravin, a dermatologist, became impressed by pet-therapy’s possibilities while witnessing her mother’s response to it. The dogs must be trained and licensed to participate in the program.

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