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A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 Over 100 Years of Gracious Hospitality ® THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL, 60 LAKE STREET , COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 • OTESAGA.COM All Proceeds Will Benefit The Cooperstown Food Bank On Saturday, January 28th join WZOZ-FM morning host “Leslie Ann” to hear the best choirs in our area and support the Cooperstown Food Bank. Limited Seating. Come Early To Reserve Your Seat! Tickets only available at the door. Adults (19+): $10.00 Students (5-18): $5.00 • Children (4 & under): Free. Cash or check only. Choir Festival in The Otesaga Hotel’s Main Dining Room Saturday, January 28th • 7:30PM JOIN US FOR DINNER & RESERVE YOUR FESTIVAL SEATS TOO! The Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill serves dinner from 5:30PM – 9:00PM. For more information call Meg Kiernan at (607) 544-2562 or email [email protected]. Don Olin REALTY Call Cathy Raddatz 547-8958 435-1264 JUST REDUCED!! now only $599,000 Live Your Dream NOW! Live in the Village of Cooperstown, own a Bed & Breakfast...or have an extraordinary family home! You can have it all! Located near Leatherstocking golf course and The Otesaga, this lovely home sits on a quaint tree-lined street. The large wrap around porch is exquisite! The recently renovated kitchen also has a breakfast room. Six bedrooms and four bathrooms with many of the charming original details await. Well maintained B&B since 1993. Endless Possibilities! 607-547-5622 LOCALS The inaugural class of students accepted to the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program, Class of 2014, returned Thursday, Jan. 5, to Bassett Hospital to begin their final two and a half years of clini- cal training. The 10 students spent the last 18 months completing basic science instruction at Columbia College of Physicians & Sur- geons in New York City. The students will live in Cooperstown as they complete their medical school training. The distinctive longitu- dinal program offered by Bassett allows the students to follow their own panel of patients across many experiences and manage the care of individual patients from diagnosis to cure. Pictured, from left, are Dr. Walter Franck, Columbia’s senior associate dean at Bassett, An- drew Gomez, Krista Suojanen, Dae Woong Lee, Mark Harris, Haley Masterson, Freda Ready, Blake Alberts, Monika Laszkowska, Kather- ine Schwartz, Cooperstown native Allan Guiney, and Dr. Henry Weil, Columbia’s assistant dean for education at Bassett. The Hartwick Senior Citizens Exercise Class holds a farewell party for Harriett Hotaling, who moved to Davenport. From left are Gladys Weeks, Caroline Stalter, Diana Marlette, Natalie Fisher, Mrs. Hotaling, Frances Wayman, Jo Pylinski, Sharon Field, Angie Scheisler and Jean Finch. The hour-long class, to combat osteoporosis and improve balance, is held twice weekly at the Hartwick Community Center. For information, call 547-8735. FIRST BASSETT CLASS ON SITE HARTWICK EXERCISE CLASS BIDS FRIEND FAREWELL HONOR ROLL: Hans Kjolhede, a sixth-form stu- dent at Kent School in Con- necticut, was named to the honor roll for the fall term of 2011-2012. He is the son of Dr. Chris Kjolhede of Fly Creek and Dr. Anne Gadom- ski of Cooperstown. W e were saddened to hear the loss of a lovely lady, Dorothy Gardner, last week. Dot, a former resident of the Thanksgiving Home, was a joy to know and we will miss her. Art class with Fred, Bill and Ireland was not the same after she moved. The holidays find the Home bustling with activity. Residents and staff worked together to decorate for the season. Frank Miller and Gary Wadsworth hung countless lights on the out- door trees for the communi- ty to enjoy. Jane Patrick and Pat DeBaun worked with Jaclyn MacDonald to create a gingerbread house with all the trimmings! We thank the follow- ing groups that came to the Home to help us celebrate the season: The Fire depart- ment Santa and his help- ers, The Sweet Adelines, Harmonia, Small Town Big Band, Ah Coopella, The Cub Scouts and Brownies, and local children caroling. Everyone was terrific! We also thank Santa and Mrs. Claus who attended our Resident and Staff Dinner. We had a delicious meal together and then celebrated the December birthdays – Ralph Veenema and Peg Hage. The kitchen staff – Kathy, Darcey, Chrissy, Susie, and Mary did a ter- rific job through the entire holidays keeping us all plump with the delicious meals. On Dec. 12, the board of directors hosted a beauti- ful Christmas Party for the residents, their families, and invited guests. The residents look forward to this event all year long. The Home “adopted” two families this year to bring some Christmas cheer to locals. Mary Butler, Darcey Schilling, Sheila Jones, and Dee Bouck went out shop- ping with the residents and staff donations and bought wonderful presents. On Dec. 13, we all gathered in the Activity Room to wrap up all the treasures for the families. The CCS Angel Network organizes all the donations to the needy fami- lies. They do a terrific job and the entire community is grateful. We celebrated New Year’s Eve with an international flavor. Bagpipes and drums were played by Rick Morley and Bill Lewis respectively, to represent Scotland and we all enjoyed the music, in- cluding Auld Lang Syne. We sampled delicious shrimp, Scottish shortbread, and chocolates, while we learned about New Year’s Eve cus- toms around the world. We read fortunes from fortune cookies to see what was in store for us in the New Year. Then we gave thanks for our Home, family and friends. – The Home Reporter Holidays At The Home THANKSGIVING HOME NOTES

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A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

O v e r 1 0 0 Ye a r s o f G r a c i o u s H o s p i t a l i t y ®

THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL, 60 LAKE STREET, COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 • OTESAGA.COM

All Proceeds Will Benefit The Cooperstown Food BankOn Saturday, January 28th join WZOZ-FM morning host “Leslie Ann” to hear the best choirs in our area and support the Cooperstown Food Bank.

Limited Seating. Come Early To Reserve Your Seat! Tickets only available at the door. Adults (19+): $10.00Students (5-18): $5.00 • Children (4 & under): Free. Cash or check only.

Choir Festivalin The Otesaga Hotel’s Main Dining RoomSaturday, January 28th • 7:30PM

JOIN US FOR DINNER & RESERVE YOUR FESTIVAL SEATS TOO!The Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill serves dinner from 5:30PM – 9:00PM.

For more information call Meg Kiernan at (607) 544-2562 or email [email protected].

Don OlinREALTY

Call Cathy Raddatz547-8958435-1264

JUST REDUCED!!now only $599,000

Live Your Dream NOW!Live in the Village of Cooperstown, own a Bed & Breakfast...or have an extraordinary family home!

You can have it all!Located near Leatherstocking golf course and The Otesaga, this lovely home sits on a quaint tree-lined street. The large wrap around porch is exquisite! The recently renovated kitchen also has a breakfast room. Six bedrooms and four bathrooms with many of the charming original details await. Well maintained B&B since 1993.

Endless Possibilities!

607-547-5622

LOCALS

The inaugural class of students accepted to the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program, Class of 2014, returned Thursday, Jan. 5, to Bassett Hospital to begin their final two and a half years of clini-cal training. The 10 students spent the last 18 months completing basic science instruction at Columbia College of Physicians & Sur-geons in New York City. The students will live in Cooperstown as they complete their medical school training. The distinctive longitu-dinal program offered by Bassett allows the students to follow their own panel of patients across many experiences and manage the care of individual patients from diagnosis to cure. Pictured, from left, are Dr. Walter Franck, Columbia’s senior associate dean at Bassett, An-drew Gomez, Krista Suojanen, Dae Woong Lee, Mark Harris, Haley Masterson, Freda Ready, Blake Alberts, Monika Laszkowska, Kather-ine Schwartz, Cooperstown native Allan Guiney, and Dr. Henry Weil, Columbia’s assistant dean for education at Bassett.

The Hartwick Senior Citizens Exercise Class holds a farewell party for Harriett Hotaling, who moved to Davenport. From left are Gladys Weeks, Caroline Stalter, Diana Marlette, Natalie Fisher, Mrs. Hotaling, Frances Wayman, Jo Pylinski, Sharon Field, Angie Scheisler and Jean Finch. The hour-long class, to combat osteoporosis and improve balance, is held twice weekly at the Hartwick Community Center. For information, call 547-8735.

FIRST BASSETT CLASS ON SITE

HARTWICK EXERCISE CLASS BIDS FRIEND FAREWELL

HONOR ROLL: Hans Kjolhede, a sixth-form stu-dent at Kent School in Con-necticut, was named to the honor roll for the fall term of 2011-2012. He is the son of Dr. Chris Kjolhede of Fly Creek and Dr. Anne Gadom-ski of Cooperstown.

We were saddened to hear the loss of a lovely lady,

Dorothy Gardner, last week. Dot, a former resident of the Thanksgiving Home, was a joy to know and we will miss her. Art class with Fred, Bill and Ireland was not the same after she moved.

•The holidays find the

Home bustling with activity. Residents and staff worked together to decorate for the season. Frank Miller and Gary Wadsworth hung countless lights on the out-door trees for the communi-ty to enjoy. Jane Patrick and Pat DeBaun worked with Jaclyn MacDonald to create a gingerbread house with all the trimmings!

We thank the follow-ing groups that came to the Home to help us celebrate the season: The Fire depart-ment Santa and his help-ers, The Sweet Adelines, Harmonia, Small Town Big Band, Ah Coopella, The Cub Scouts and Brownies, and local children caroling. Everyone was terrific!

We also thank Santa and Mrs. Claus who attended our Resident and Staff Dinner. We had a delicious meal together and then celebrated the December birthdays – Ralph Veenema and Peg Hage. The kitchen staff – Kathy, Darcey, Chrissy, Susie, and Mary did a ter-rific job through the entire holidays keeping us all plump with the delicious meals.

On Dec. 12, the board of directors hosted a beauti-ful Christmas Party for the residents, their families, and invited guests. The residents look forward to this event all year long.

•The Home “adopted” two

families this year to bring some Christmas cheer to locals. Mary Butler, Darcey Schilling, Sheila Jones, and Dee Bouck went out shop-ping with the residents and staff donations and bought wonderful presents. On Dec. 13, we all gathered in the Activity Room to wrap up all the treasures for the families. The CCS Angel Network organizes all the donations to the needy fami-lies. They do a terrific job and the entire community is grateful.

•We celebrated New Year’s

Eve with an international flavor. Bagpipes and drums were played by Rick Morley and Bill Lewis respectively, to represent Scotland and we all enjoyed the music, in-cluding Auld Lang Syne. We sampled delicious shrimp, Scottish shortbread, and chocolates, while we learned about New Year’s Eve cus-toms around the world. We read fortunes from fortune cookies to see what was in store for us in the New Year. Then we gave thanks for our Home, family and friends.

– The Home Reporter

Holidays At The HomeTHANKSGIVINGHOME NOTES