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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.


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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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Esther Nelson, who spent six years at general director/CEO of Glimmerglass Opera, will join the Boston Lyric Opera as general & artistic director, effective Sept. 2.
Chosen after an eighth-month search, she will replace Janice Mancini Del Sesto, who announced last year she would be leaving the lyric opera when her contract expired.
In a statement, Search Committee Co-Chairs David Scudder and Horace H. Irvine II noted praised Nelson’s “distinguished and successful career among many of the country’s opera companies,” and predicted an increase in “not only the quality but also the quantity of opera in Boston.”
Since leaving Glimmerglass in 2002, Nelson has been a management consultant for arts organizations in New York, Virginia, Tennessee, Maine and Germany.
Before joining Glimmerglass, she held high-level executive positions with the Nevada Opera Association; the Virginia Opera Association in Richmond, Triangle Opera Theater in North Carolina; and the New Orleans Opera Association. A native of Germany, she entered the New Orleans’ arts community in the late 1970s at the city’s PBS station, WYES.
She has been an on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts, a consultant for OPERA America, an evaluation panelist for the state Council of the Arts, and a frequent panelist and speaker.
She and her husband Bernd Ulken, a retired Delta Airline captain, reside in Fly Creek with their two children, Dieter and Clara. Ms. Nelson’s other interests include piano music, painting, writing, medieval history and literature, bicycling and running, and she holds a license as a private pilot. She is active in her family organization dedicated to the preservation of their ancestral castle in Sulzfeld/Baden.


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Dr. Siobhan Hayden, board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, has been appointed chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Bassett Healthcare.
She joined Bassett in July 2002, and will also continue to care for patients at Oneonta Specialty Services and locally. She will plan the “Women’s Health” segment for the incoming medical students.
Dr. Hayden is a SUNY Geneseo graduate, and earned her medical degree from the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse. She completed her residency at University Hospital and Medical Center, Stony Brook.

JOINS BOARD: Scott Fickbohm, Burlington Flats, manager of the county’s Soil and Water Conservation District, joined the county Planning Board at its August meeting.

NEW GRAD: Breanne Bond, Richfield Springs, has graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor’s in communication disorders and sciences.

BABY BOY: Joshua Johnson Hridar Moretti was born Monday, Aug. 4, to Jessica Moretti and Jeremiah Hridar, Richfield Springs. He weighed 9 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 21 inches long. His grandparents are Donna and William Hridar, Fly Creek, and Laura and Dan Moretti, Schenevus.

ON DEAN’S LIST: Matthew P. Branigan of Cooperstown, a business-administration (finance) major, has been named to the Marist College Dean’s List for the spring semester.

9-11 MONUMENT: Father John P. Rosson, right, and Dan Viscosi of Cherry Valley Memorials review a monument commemorating the fifth anniversary of 9-11 in front of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church on Elm Street. The monument is also dedicated to St. Mary’s parishioner Henry Nicols, the young AIDS sufferer and activist, who died in 2000. The monument will be officially dedicated this coming Sept. 11.

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FOR THE CAUSE: Hartwick Seminary Fire Department volunteers are fundraising Friday evenings at the P&C Market in Cooperstown Commons, seeking to buy a command vehicle/personnel carrier for the company. Fire Chief Mike Basile is at right. From left are Mike’s wife Claudia, Laura Bryant, Chris Qua with his two daughters, Cassidy and Isabella (in his arms.) Right now, the chief said, the company’s trucks can only carry 7-8 volunteers to fires, even though 20 respond to most calls. The vehicle would allow another 6-7 volunteers to be transported, saving their personal vehicles and reducing the department’s insurance liability. If it raises enough, the company may buy a new vehicle; otherwise, a used one will have to do.

Local 4-Hers Win Livestock Ribbons

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Two Otsego County handlers claimed Dairy Cattle Grand Champion ribbons at the 61st annual Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show, which ended Tuesday, July 15.
Other Otsego County ribbon-winners were:
• In the Brown Swiss division, Morgan VanAlstine, who showed Carpsdale Dallas Honey
• In the Holstein division, Sean Galley, who showed Silver Spoon Roy Maggy
In the Best Bred and Owned division, the award in the Jersey category went to Kyle Kraham, with Lentsville Kays Top Korley
In other dairy award divisions:
• Supreme Junior Dairy – Reserve Senior Champion: Nicholas Lasher, with Butternut Farms Ada
• Brown Swiss – Senior Champion: Morgan VanAlstine, with Carpsdale Dallas Honey
• Ayrshire – Reserve Senior Champion: Nicholas Lasher, with Butternut Farms Ada
• Brown Swiss – Senior Champion: Morgan VanAlstine, with Carpsdale Dallas Honey; Reserve Grand Champion: Sarah Rathbun, with Roseledge SS Banker
• Holstein – Senior Champion: Sean Galley, with Silver Spoon Roy Maggy
Jersey – Reserve Junior Champion: Mariah Goodwin, with SRF Taylor Jolly Java
In the Dairy Goat Division:
• Best Junior Doe – Katelyn Baker, with Kiddin U Not Sarina.
• LaMancha – Reserve Junior Champion: Daniel Card, with JD’s Homestead Comet
• Saanen – Reserve JuniorChampion: Kimberly Hribar, with Kiddin U Not Feba
• Oberhasli – Junior Champion and Grand Champion: Katelyn Baker, with Kiddin U Not Janea
• Recorded Grade – Junior Champion: Katelyn Baker, with Kiddin’ U Not Sarina
Other Livestock awards were presented in the following categories:
• Beef – Belted Galloway, Andrew Watson; Simmental, Nathan Truax; White Park, Ashton Wheeldon
• Sheep – Cheviot, Melody Youngs; Hampshire, Joan Attanasio; Natural Color, Dayle Dutcher; Tunis, Dayle cher; Best Fleece, Dayle Dutcher
• Swine – Yorkshire, Frank Murray
Local winners in the Sunday, July 13, Dairy Judging Contest included:
• Junior Individual – First, Courtney Baker; third, Nathan Truax; fourth, Andrew Baker; ninth, Sarah Baker, and 10th, Kaylyn Oliver.Cherry Valley 4x10

Erik Miller Featured In National Magazine

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Erik Miller, Otsego County Conservation Association executive director, is featured in the summer 2008 edition of Outdoor America, published by The Izaak Walton League.
In March, Miller took part in a league-sponsored study tour of the Philippines to study if efforts to balance growth and conservation there provided lessons for sustainable development in the U.S.
He and other members of the league visited urban, rural and coastal development projects.
March 5-7, he participated in the Third National Conference on Population, Health, and Environment in Tagaytay City, leading a presentation on the impact of development, tourism and agriculture on water quality locally.

National Award Recognizes Bassett’s Academic Officer

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Dr. Laura Schweitzer, Bassett Healthcare’s chief academic officer and Albany Medical College’s regional campus dean for Albany Medical College, has won the Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award winner for 2008 from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Formerly vice president of academic affairs at SUNY Upstate and vice provost at Syracuse University, Schweitzer came to Bassett in 2007 to help develop a medical school program and campus.
Schweitzer successfully launched the program and, in June, Bassett announced its partnership with Albany Medical College in establishing a regional campus at Cooperstown for third-year medical students. The first six students are due to arrive Monday, Aug. 11.

HONOREE: Hartwick College has presented the Deborah M. Allen Brennan Award to Rebekah Searles, daughter of Greg and Linda Searles, East Springfield. The award is given by Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Allen in memory of their daughter to an outstanding junior biology student interested in research. At Hartwick, Rebekah, a graduate of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, has participated in the Student2Student Peer Mentoring Program and the honors program. She was recently named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester.

NEW POSITION: Jeanne L. Smith Struck, of Pearl River and Cooperstown, and previously proprietor and president of the JS Group, Inc., has joined the Epilepsy Society of Southern New York and Capabilities Partnership, Inc., in West Nyack as chief development officer. JS Group worked with municipalities on downtown revitalization plans, as well as with non-profits.

20TH REUNION: Jenny (Spencer) Victory, CCS Class of 1988, is seeking to alert classmates to their 20th reunion, planned noon-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Three Mile Point Park. For more information, check www.ccs1988.myevent.com or call Jenny at 547-1929.

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Three generations of Glimmerglass Opera Guild members, Gail Baden, Sarah Baden and Carol Robbins, are together at the final Glimmerglass Opera cast party following the opening performance of Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” on Saturday, July 26. Sarah Baden currently serves as co-chair of the Guild’s Hospitality Committee, following in the footsteps of both her mother and grandmother.

THREE HONORED: State Sen. James L. Seward, R-Milford, and the late Robert S. Kingsley and Rev. Canon George F. French, will be honored at Hyde Hall’s third annual gala, “A Night in Old Cuba,” from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 16. For tickets, call 547-5098 or visit hydehall.org

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Two executive responsible for revenue- generating have been promoted by the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum. Ken Meifert has been promoted to senior director of development, overseeing membership, sponsorships, the annual fund, planned giving and foundation support. He has been at the HoF for 14 years, since 2002 as membership and sales director. Jason Schiellack, to director of development. He came to the Hall in 2002 as a Frank & Peggy Steele intern, then as membership manager. Sean Gahagan, vice president for marketing since 2005, will now hold the title, vice president of retail merchandising and licensing. Scott Mondore, at the Hall since 1995, most recently as director of business development, will hold the title, director of licensing and sales.

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John Bullis, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director, instructs participants in the first Cooperstown “Rotary Ride,” which took off from in front of the Doubleday Cafe for the Adirondacks at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 12. The riders are, from left, Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma, CCS High School Principal Gary Kuch, Bill Glockler, Tony Gambino, Bill Coleman, and Marc Kingsley, chamber president. The riders got as far as Indian Lake and returned by 5 p.m.

PRESIDENTIAL NOD: Former President George H.W. Bush stopped by Cooperstown native Erin Natasha Curpier Whipple’s table in Yarmouth, Maine, to remark on the beauty of newborn Oliver Boda Whipple, 4 weeks old.

TOP MIDWIFE: Laura O’Shea was recently appointed director of midwifery services at Bassett Healthcare. She joined the Department of Women’s Health in 1996 as a certifi ed nurse midwife. She has a bachelor’s in clinical nutrition from Syracuse University, completed her clinical nutrition internship at the University of Rochester, Strong Medical Center, and received a master’s from Yale. While a graduate student at Columbia, she was part of a team from the School of Public Health that studied re-feeding of famine victims in Sudan. She has published papers in professional journals. O’Shea is co-investigator of the Bassett Mother’s Health Project, a collaboration between Bassett and Cornell University.

COOPER PHOTOGRAPHER: Incidentally, Glenn Linsenbardt took those great photos at Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.’s testimonial. Glenn is also NYSHA official photographer.

$2,000 AWARD: Ryan Talma, Richfield Springs, has received a $2,000 Merit Award from SUNY Oswego.

ON DEAN’S LIST: Jonathan Breiten and Andrea Roes, both of Cooperstown, are on the SUNY Albany Dean’s List.

WRITER ID’D: “Kauf,” author of an op-ed piece in the June 13 issue of The Freeman’s Journal on a boyhood visit to Cooperstown with his dad turns out to be Jon Kaufman, a columnist for the weekly Roanoke (Va.) Star Sentinel. A selection of his columns appear on his blog.

AT FANFEST: Pati Drumm Grady, second from left, mans the Cooperstown Cookie Company’s booth at the 2008 DHL All-Star FanFest July 11-15 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. FanFest featured 40 interactive displays, exhibits from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, autograph signings, and more.

A WINNING JERSEY: Kyle Kraham, 18, of Cherry Valley, stands with his cow, Lentsville Kays Top Korkey during a show at the 61st annual Farmers’ Museum Livestock Show in Cooperstown on Sunday. Korkey won fi rst place in the Jersey Cow 5 years and over division and Best Bred owned by the exhibitor. For a list of local champions, see next week’s Freeman’s Journal.



The celebrated Parker String Quarter performs energetically at the Cooperstown
Chamber Music Festival’s Family Fun Fest Saturday, July 12, at Templeton
Hall, and again the following evening at The Farmers’ Museum. The musie festival’s next performance is “Enchanted Baroque,” Bach, Purcell and Telemann at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Christ Church.

A SIGN OF FELLOWSHIP: Bill Highfield, retired Methodist pastor, was the surprise recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship presented Tuesday, July 15, by the Cooperstown Rotary Club at its weekly meeting at The Otesaga. With him are, from left, his wife Carol, son Jay Highfield, Johnson City; daughter Ann Lamonaco, past president of the Binghamton Rotary Club, and Cooperstown Rotarian Jim High, a former district governor.

ONE BIG FAMILY REUNION: Hilda McLaughlin of Texas, the last surviving of four daughters born in India to missionaries Wilfred and Mamie Jackson Scott, poses with 13 – of a total 14 – cousins from the next generation who held a reunion this week at John and Linda Smirk’s Cooperstown B&B on Chestnut Street. The cousins, from youngest to oldest, standing from left, are Betsy Hearn, 45, St. Paul, Minn.; Jonathan Hearn, 48, Edinburgh, Scotland; Kristen Kidder, 50, St. Paul; Henry Wong, 51, San Francisco; Emily Wong, 53, Yorktown Heights; Teresa Seitz, 53, Villa Grove, Colo.; Tim Hearn, 54, Plymouth, Minn.; Stephen Hearn, 56, Saint Anthony, Minn.; Elinor Laurie, 59, Willow Grove, Colo.; Katrinka Ebbe-Wheeler, 60, Washington,
D.C.; Joe Scott, 61, Oakland, Calif.; Karen McLaughlin, 62, New York City, and Christopher Ebbe, 64, Claremont, Calif. They are surrounded by their spouses and children; in all, 35 attended. In honor of the family’s heritage, they cooked up a feast of palau, tomato chicken curry and other East Indian delicacies.

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On June 23, staff and elders said their goodbyes to Jackie Bussiere, personal care aide, who is leaving. She was presented with some cards and gifts. Jackie is moving to Arizona. We will miss her.
After dinner, June 24, we had a wonderful baby shower in the living room for Deanna Gable, our administrative assistant, and her daughter Ireland, who was also given a couple of gifts. Deanna opened many gifts from staff and the residents gave her a card with money.
To top the afternoon off, we had our bird watchers group get together, led by Nancy L. Rackmyer, LPN. A video was shown of a bald eagle and other birds at Nancy’s house. Articles were read and shared also. What would we do without our pretty little birds singing their sweet songs throughout the day, sitting atop the trees looking for company.
July 1, Wanda Noyes from Springfield joined us as a new resident. She was greeted with a big welcome from everyone at the home.
Bert Chapin, Ruth Druse, Marguerite Pomeroy, Martha Quinn, Maureen Micek, Leon Rathbun and Bobbie Mook attended the Fourth of July Parade in Springfi eld Center. On July 5, Leon Rathbun, Bert Chapin, Sue Stevens, Wanda Noyes, Bill Bowes, and Ruth Druse watched the fireworks from The Otesaga veranda.

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TYLER GRADUATES: Justin Kyle Tyler, Cooperstown, has received an associate’s degree in automotive technology from SUNY Delhi.
AT FAN FEST: The Cooperstown Cookie Company will be represented by its founder, Pati Drumm Grady, July 11-15 at the 2008 DHL All-Star FanFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center in New York City.
ON DEAN’S LIST: Marcie Foster, Roseboom, a graduate student in geography; Michael Reynolds, Cooperstown, a junior majoring in sociology, and Lauren Schulz, Edmeston, a senior
majoring in metals, are on the Dean’s List at SUNY New Paltz for the spring semester.
WYATT BORN: A son, Wyatt Kristopher, was born to Laurie and John Butts, Cooperstown,
at 11:39 a.m. June 10 at Bassett Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 22 inches long. His maternal grandparents are Tina Parks, Cooperstown, and James and Audrey Warner, Schuyler Lake. Paternal grandparents are Carol and Thomas Butts, Cooperstown.
SLAM BID, WON: Irma Cizek and Kathy Senko bid and made a bonus slam when the Senior Citizen Bridge Club convened six tables Tuesday, July 8, at the Clark Sports Center. Overall, Marge Ludecker was first with 5,770, Mona Buckley second with 4,760, and Alice Talbot third with 4,700. Marge Shellhammer won the special prize. The week before, Esther Brooks was first with 5,060; Nancy Birdsall second with 4,420, and Buckley third with 3,830. Betty Semrov won the special prize. The group meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

Darcy Crum, Dean Meadows To Wed

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Mr. and Mrs. James F. Crum, Cobleskill, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Darcy Elizabeth to Ryan Dean Meadows of Baltimore. Darcy is a 2000 graduate of Cobleskill-Richmondville High School and received a bachelor of arts in 2004 from Hamilton College, where she majored in music and philosophy. In 2006, she earned a master’s in vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. She is currently employed as an assistant director of development and alumni relations at Johns Hopkins and as a professional member of St. David’s Episcopal Church Choir in Baltimore. Ryan Dean Meadows is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Meadows of Phoenix, Md., and the late Lilia Meadows.
Ryan is a 1995 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School in Union Bridge, Md., and received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland in 2001.
He earned his professional engineering license in January 2008 and is employed at Fidelity
Engineering in Sparks, Md. An Aug. 16 wedding is planned.

Hall of Fame Promotes Brad Horn, Hires Utica O-D Sports Editor Muder

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum has promoted Brad Horn from director of communications to senior director, communications and education. He will oversee all public relations and educational effort, and be the central media contact. Craig Muder, former sports editor at the Utica Observer-Dispatch, has joined the Hall as director of communications, overseeing day-to-day public relations efforts, publications and Web site management.
Horn, 32, joined the Hall in February 2002. A native of Houston and TCU grad, he spent six years as assistant public relations director for the Texas Rangers. He will receive a master’s in communications from Syracuse University this fall. Muder, 39, spent 10 years at the O-D. A native of Hubbard, Ohio, he graduated from Kent State and was also a sportswriter and editor at the Ashtabula (Ohio) Star Beacon.

Bassett Hospital Welcomes 23 New Residents

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Bassett Healthcare has welcomed 23 new resident physicians, while 26 others depart to continue their studies or begin their medical practice. The arrivals are: GENERAL SURGERY – Kelly Currie, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine; Gregory C. Gardner, SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine; Mellissa E. Mahabee, Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Sanjay Thomas, Albany Medical College INTERNAL MEDICINE – Sunil Avagadda, Siddhartha Medical College, India; Dipendra Chaudhary, Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal; Tatpong Chit-ua-aree, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Saleem Chowdhry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College,
India; Joseph Gorodenker, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Potjana
Jitawatanarat, Mahidol University, Thailand; Hyeong Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea; Mukesh Kumar, Dow Medical College, Pakistan; Candice M. Oliver, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine; Bhatraphol Tingpej, Mahidol University, Thailand TRANSITIONAL YEAR – Kimberly R. Blasius, SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine; Dorothy Boo, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine; Elizabeth L. Carpenter, Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center; Seth H. Iverson, New York Medical College; Rebecca Lenhard, SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine; Marie-Eve C. Noel, SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine; Robert T. Swan, SUNY at Syracuse College of Medicine; Sofia J. Syed, Government Medical College, Jammu, India; Ken L. Tai, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Canada.

Funeral Service Journal Depicts Daimler Hearse at Main, Pioneer

What showed up in the pages of the May edition
of Funeral Service Journal, based in Sussex, England, but a photo of the Daimler hearse passing
the flagpole at Main and Pioneer, carrying the remains of Army Col. (ret.) James J. Kelly to the funeral at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church.
Peter Deysenroth, proprietor of Connell, Dow & Deysenroth, Cooperstown, had borrowed the 1971 vehicle from Gordon Terry, funeral director in Edmeston, for the occasion. Peter told Funeral Service Journal the classic car, outfitted by Thomas Startin of Birmingham, England, “lent an air of class, dignity and respect to the funeral.”
The article was illustrated with two photos, one from The Freeman’s Journal, the other by HoF Photographer Milo V. Stewart, Jr.
Colonel Kelly, who had been a Cooperstown village justice, was buried in Arlington National
Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.

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LANDMARK BIRTHDAY: Virginia “Ginny” Goddard Schneider, formerly Virginia Goddard Newman of Stonehouse Road, Fly Creek, celebrated her 95th birthday the weekend of May 31 in Burlington, Vt., with her sons, daughters-in-law, nieces, and grandchildren. Shown in the picture, front, from left, are Douglas Newman, Virginia, William Newman; back, from left, Paula Newman, Maggie Newman, Carol Hanlon, Maitland Newman, Judith Newman, George Daly, Janice Newman and Gail Daly. Cards may be sent to Virginia Schneider, Starr Farm Nursing Center, 98 Starr Farm Road, Burlington VT 05401.



The new president of the Otsego Lake Association, Wayne Bunn, center, poses with attendees at the annual meeting Sunday, June 22, at Thayer Farm. From left are Mary Clarke, outgoing secretary; Mickie Richtsmeier, director for Springfield; CCS Senior Ryan Davine, at large director; Scottie Baker, speaker, Lake Festival report; David Sanford, Town of Middlefield; Bunn, Carl Good, Cooperstown, Burr Southworth, Paul Lord, outgoing president.


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Emily E. Cullings, daughter of Erin and Ned Cullings, Castleton, and granddaughter of Ellen and Bill Armstrong, Cooperstown, graduated summa cum laude from Colgate University on May 18, with a B.A. She majored in Spanish and Japanese, receiving
highest honors in the latter. She spent semesters in Japan and the Domican Republic, and summers interning in New York City at MTV and True Entertainment. She published
two research papers in Japanese Linguistics, presenting in Hawaii and, this August, in Japan. She works at Abrams Artist Agency, Manhattan.






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Kara Rothermel of Oneonta, granddaughter of Mildred Lehman of Cooperstown, was among the riders with local connections winning laurels at the 12th annual Farmers’ Museum Horse Show Sunday June 8 at Iroquois Farm. On Kara’sMatic, she was Open Hunter champion and won the John Moffat Perpetual Trophy in the Equitation Division. The team won Adult Hunter Division, under-saddle category; Open Hunter Division, under-saddle and over-fences; Open Equitation Division, fl at and over-fences.
Kara and her horse also placed in other categories.

REENLISTS: Master Sgt. Andrew Hugos, Cooperstown, has reenlisted to continue service with the state Army National Guard Element Joint Force Headquarters, Latham.

SORACI SHINES: Lindsay Soraci, CCS 2007 and daughter of Ross and Sandra Soraci, is
on the Dean’s List at Sacred Heart University. Her major is physical therapy

300 DINE: The Glimmerglass Opera Guild hosted its annual “Eat & Greet” dinner Sunday, June 29, which attracted 300 attendees, including the whole of this year’s opera
company. Guild president Don Drake emceed, and introduced Glimmerglass General and
Artistic Director Michael MacLeod, who thanked the guild for its continuing support.

WYATT BORN: A son, Wyatt Kristopher, was born to Laurie and John Butts, Cooperstown,
at 11:39 a.m. June 10 at Bassett Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and was
22 inches long. His maternal grandparents are Tina Parks, Cooperstown, and James and
Audrey Warner, Schuyler Lake. Paternal grandparents are Carol and Thomas Butts, Cooperstown.

OFF TO CAMP: Timothy Griffin of Hartwick is among 17 students from Otsego County
attending the state Sheriff’s Association Institute’s 2008 Summer Camp in Penn Yan,
county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announced.

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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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ONEONTA

As expected, the SUNY trustees endorsed the decision of a local search committee and appointed Dr. Nancy Kleniewski as SUNY Oneonta’s seventh president. The vote was Tuesday, June 17, in Albany.
Replacing Alan Donovan, who will retire in July after 20 years, her duties will include oversight of the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies and the Otesgo Lake Biological Field Station at Thayer’s Farm.
Dr. Kleniewski is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bridgewater (Mass.)State College. She was previously associated with the SUNY system, holding faculty and administrative positions at Geneseo from 1981 to 1996.
A sociologist, she has a bachelor’s degree from Emmanuel College, Boston, and a master’s and Ph.D. from Temple.

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COOPERSTOWN

Campbell Moffat won the Josef Neckermann Perpetual Trophy for best child rider at the 12th Annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 8, at Iroquois Farm.
The daughter of Michael and Cory Moffat of Cooperstown, Campbell’s Loyal Scout was also the Children’s Hunter Champion and the Reserve Champion at the event.
The show’s Leading Trainer Award, to the trainer whose horses accumulated the most points, went to Laura Weingren of Hunter Hill, Hartwick.
Among other local riders, the Special Hunter Champion went to Sarah Polus, Cooperstown, on Highlands Pride; Reserve Champion to Cheryl Parisian, Otego, on Dream of Mine, and Adult Hunter Champion Brooke Torruella, Hartwick, on Loyal Angel, and Reserve Champion to Brooke with Scout’s Last Amber.

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COOPERSTOWN

Boy Scout Troop 12 inducted CCS senior Peter Edmonds, 18, as an Eagle scout.
As his Eagle project, Peter, who became a scout at age 12, enclosed the outdoor play area over the winter for Community Bible Chapel of Toddsville.
Peter becomes the third Eagle in the Edmonds household. His father Lee, the Troop 12 scoutmaster, holds that rank, as does Peter’s older brother, Josh, who is away at college.
Peter plans to join his brother this fall at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va., where he plans to major in biology.
His father’s brother, Scott, is also an Eagle, and Mrs. Edmonds said her husband, a physician and administrator at Bassett Healthcare, has been involved in scouting since an early age.

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Lauren Jean Hardt and Jacob Rinsland Irvin were married April 26, 2008, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs, Miss. The Rev. Henry McInerney performed the double-ring
ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Charles and Barbara Hardt of Ocean Springs. The groom is the son of John and Nancy Irvin of Cooperstown.
Both the bride and groom are graduates of the University of South Alabama, where they received their bachelor degrees, hers in marketing and his in criminal justice. Following their honeymoon in Marco Island, Fla., the newlyweds settled in Atlanta, where she is a marketing analyst with Verint Systems, Inc. and he is a life support systems operator at the Georgia Aquarium.

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COOPERSTOWN

Martha Frey, who with Henry S.F. Cooper Jr. has been the most public face of Otsego 2000 for a decade, has announced her resignation, effective July 2. She and her husband, photographer Andy Baugnet, will continue to live outside of Middlefield Center.
In addition to intensive staff work on the Jordanville and East Hill wind projects, Frey has been at the forefront of creation of the Glimmerglass Historic District and the Route 20 Scenic Byway (she is president of the Route 20 Association of New York State), the annual Historic Preservation Awards, and the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market.
Cooper called her “a brilliant leader,” adding, “she has done as much as anyone in the community for the protection of our cultural landscape. She has been a defining presence. We will miss her.”
Frey, whose father passed away last year, said she will pursue family-business matters and do private consulting.
A native of Chittenango, Madison County, she received a master’s from Cornell’s Historic Preservation Planning Program and worked for the City of Minneapolis Planning Department and Woodward-Clyde Consultants, also of Minneapolis, before joining Otsego 2000 in 1998.
“It was a dream come true for me to return to New York State and work for an organization that was focused on preserving the region’s cultural landscapes and the rural character of Central New York,” Frey said.
Former Otsego 2000 board member Nicole Dillingham, a lawyer and resident of Springfield, will serve as an interim executive director while the organization conducts search. for Frey’s replacement.

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COOPERSTOWN

Jack Adams was elected president of the Cooperstown Native Sons at the annual dinner Saturday, June 14, at the American Legion. He succeeds Doug Walker.
New members this year are: David Bliss, Paul Clark, David Lamb, Ted Lamb Jr., Fred Lemister, Jim Leslie, John Reynolds, David Sanford, Art Smith, Shawn Mulligan, Pete Costello and Bruce Robinson.
Members who passed away during the past year are: Dick White, John Ryan, Dr. Bill Mook, Fred Fields Sr., Ernie Winnie, Dutch LaDuke, Charlie Petewec and Gerald Rogers.
A memorial service for Dutch LaDuke, who died Dec. 19, was held earlier in the day so Native Sons coming in from out of town could attend. LaDuke’s son Dave preceded Walker as the club’s president.
The dinner, always held the second Saturday in June, was attended by 74 members this year.

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Glen Hubbell, top, and Glenn Hubbell were among the father-son combinations at the annual Native Son Dinner Saturday, June 14, at the American Legion. Ron Christman photo


BILL PENDING: “Chris’ Law,” Assembly Bill 10293, was voted out of Ways & Means and the Rules committees Tuesday evening, June 17, then passed the full House. As of this writing, the bill was awaiting Gov. David Paterson’s signature.



CRUNCH TIME: Cooperstown’s Sarah Groff will be competing at the Hy-Vee Triathlon in West Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday-Sunday, June 21-22. At the race’s end, Sarah will learn whether she has qualified to represent the U.S. at the Olympics on Beijing.




NO DUCKING: Gerry Holzman, the head woodcarver and promoter of the Empire State Carousel, will launch The Farmers’ Museum “Carver Program” at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21. He will focus on the creation of Daphne, The Long Island Duck.

PARK LAUNCHED: Mayor Carol B. Waller will cut the ribbon on the new Badger Park playground at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, behind the Great American. The Grand Opening will include jump-roping, creation of a giant chalk mural, ice cream and music by Patrick Dewey.

TAX BREAK: The county’s Empire Zone Administrative Board has certified the Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta, so that donations of $500 or more are eligible for 25 percent in tax credits. The idea is to spur smaller donations to the “Heart of the Arts” fund drive now getting under way.

HONOREE: Otsego 2000 is planning a testimonial dinner in honor of its president, Henry S.J. Cooper Jr. Thursday, July 3 at The Otesaga.

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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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