Ukraine live briefing: Austin says war is a warning for Asia; Kyiv promises to keep shelters open     Witnesses recall horrific details as India train crash toll passes 260     Religious leaders, once mostly spared Haiti’s violence, are now targets     A night in Ukraine’s sleepless capital, taking cover from Russian bombs     Use of NATO arms for attack in Russia raises doubts about Kyiv’s controls     More than 200 dead and 900 injured in India train crash     In photos: The scene following the deadly India train crash     Jordan’s royal wedding: A glamorous diversion from the kingdom’s woes     Ukraine live briefing: Blinken says U.S. ‘won’t let’ Putin impose will on others; Kyiv shoots down drones     Ukraine live briefing: Austin says war is a warning for Asia; Kyiv promises to keep shelters open     Witnesses recall horrific details as India train crash toll passes 260     Religious leaders, once mostly spared Haiti’s violence, are now targets     A night in Ukraine’s sleepless capital, taking cover from Russian bombs     Use of NATO arms for attack in Russia raises doubts about Kyiv’s controls     More than 200 dead and 900 injured in India train crash     In photos: The scene following the deadly India train crash     Jordan’s royal wedding: A glamorous diversion from the kingdom’s woes     Ukraine live briefing: Blinken says U.S. ‘won’t let’ Putin impose will on others; Kyiv shoots down drones     
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: 09-13-22
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Share & Enjoy Creativity
With Local Writers

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WRITING GROUP – 6:30 p.m. Bring your notebooks, pens/pencils and be ready to share your writing in a supportive writing group. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/

BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 6 p.m. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org

BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 5 p.m. Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org

In Memoriam Marolyn K. Kellner, 80 August 4, 1941 – February 18, 2022

In Memoriam

Marolyn K. Kellner, 80

August 4, 1941 – February 18, 2022

Marolyn K. Kellner

COOPERSTOWN – Marolyn Elizabeth Kelly Kellner died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on February 18, 2022 in Greenville, SC. She was born August 4, 1941, the daughter of James Robert (JR) Kelly Jr. and Lura Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson. She grew up in Hamburg, NY and graduated from Hamburg High School. She attended Indiana State College in Indiana, PA and then transferred to and graduated from University of Buffalo. She married Bruce Dana Kellner in 1964. Daughter Christi was born while Bruce was enrolled in a MBA degree program at the University of Chicago and Marolyn was teaching third grade. They welcomed son Peter when they moved to Big Flats, NY, where Bruce worked as an engineer at Corning Glass. In 1974, the family moved to Cooperstown, NY, where Bruce and Marolyn opened a NAPA auto parts store which they operated until 1998. Marolyn had several jobs in Cooperstown in addition to her work at NAPA. She worked in the finance department at Bassett Hospital in different roles starting in 1985 until the time of her move to Greenville. She also worked for several summers at the Cooperstown Dreams Park as an Assistant Director in the finance department.

Both Love, Justice Required In Dealing With Capitol Mob
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Both Love, Justice Required In Dealing With Capitol Mob

By Rev. SERENA JONES • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, shared her reflections on the storming of the Capitol at the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown Sunday, Jan. 10. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

Editor’s Note: Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, Union Theological Seminary president, was stricken with COVID-19 and missed speaking at the installation of the First Presbyterian Church’s new pastor, Faith Gay, on Nov. 29. Instead, she delivered her sermon Sunday, Jan. 10, when the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was fresh in everyone’s minds. This is an excerpt.

No one watching the storming of the Capital could miss the “Jesus Saves” sign bobbing up and down as windows were smashed and police attacked.

I have also heard the reports that in the House Chamber, the people gathered for prayer to thank Jesus for supporting them in their actions. They were on their knees lifting up praise to God for what they had wrought, justifying it with Divine sanction.

The Christian whiplash of these two scenes next to one another was excruciating, painful, and so very, very American.

…Today, I want to wade into those murky waters, because they aren’t just headline topics, these tensions live within the heart and mind of everyone who claims the name “Christian” in this nation.

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

Quilt Show Silver Jubilee

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QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate 25th year of the annual quilt show at Silver Jubilee. Features 300+ quilts from artists across the country with featured quilter Jim Bryden in Tudor style historic inn. Lunch available. Proceeds benefit roof project. Admission, $5/person. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2780 or visit www.themajorsinn.com

Historical Signs Enshrine Church’s Role In History

Anthony, Emancipation Commemorated

Historical Signs Enshrine

Church’s Role In History

First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown this morning unveiled two state historic markers, one commemorating a celebration of the July 4, 1827, freeing of the slaves in New York State; the other a speech by Susan B. Anthony on site in 1855. The committee that worked on the project included Will Walker, Katie Boardman, both professors at the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Students, and Tom Heitz, Town of Otsego co-historian.  Posing this morning after the event are, from left, Walker (and daughter Eleanor), Boardman, the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, pastor; Heitz and the Rev. Ladonna Clark, an associate at the church. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MARCH 1
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MARCH 1

Contradancing In March

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CONTRADANCE – 7:15 p.m. Monthly contradance. Music by Traverse, Ed Bugel calls. First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown. Suggested donation, $8 adults, $4 students/kids, $20 family. 607-965-8232, 607-547-8164.

Freedom, Suffrage Signs On View At MLK Day Event

Freedom, Suffrage Signs

On View At MLK Day Event

Historical markers commemorating New York State’s freeing the slaves in 1827 and Susan B. Anthony’s visit to Cooperstown in 1855 greeted attendees at this evening’s Special Worship Service marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, now underway at this hour at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown. Inset, the Rev. LaDana Clark, Oneonta, sings out a rendering of “I’m Going To Praise My God All Over This Land.” Attendees, who read and listened to excerpts on the history of race relations in Otsego County, included Lee Fisher, NAACP/Oneonta chapter president. (Jim Kevlin /AllOTSEGO.com)

Historic Markers Ready For MLK Jr. Day 2019

FREEDOM, SUSAN B. ANTHONY HONORED

Historic Markers Ready

For MLK Jr. Day 2019

Local historian Tom Heitz admires two state historical markers – commemorating New York State’s 1827 emancipation of slaves and Susan B. Anthony’s 1855 speech in Cooperstown. Forty CCAL students from Oneonta and Cooperstown will get a first look at the markers at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday), when Heitz lectures on slavery in Otsego County at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown.  The markers, which will be installed in front of the church in the spring, will also be on view at the church’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration service at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21.  The CCAL is the Center for Continuing Adult Learning in Oneonta.  (Jim Kevlin /AllOTSEGO.com)

 Ralph J. Veenema, M.D., 97; NYC Physician Retired Here
IN MEMORIAM

 Ralph J. Veenema, M.D., 97;

NYC Physician Retired Here

 COOPERSTOWN – Ralph James Veenema, M.D., former chief of urologic oncology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, passed away Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Covenant Village, Cromwell, Conn.  He was 97.

Dr. Veenema and his wife retired to Cooperstown in 1997.

Born Dec. 13, 1921, in Prospect Park, N.J., he was the son of Ralph and Sadie (Van Dyke) Veenema. He had three brothers and a sister.

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