Werner Freund has two lives: one among people and one among wolves The 79-year-old established a wolf sanctuary in the German province of Saarland in 1972 and since then has raised more than 70 animals there He interacts with the wolves as the Alpha male of the pack: howling with them and letting them lick his mouth – a sign of membership of the pack Wolf researcher Werner Freund lies on the ground next to Mongolian wolves as they devour a deer cadaver in an enclosure at Wolfspark Werner Freund licks Werner Freund's mouth in a sign of acknowledgement is surrounded by Mongolian wolves in an enclosure at his sanctuary Freund takes a bite out of a dead deer alongside a Mongolian wolf An Arctic wolf howls while standing in its enclosure at Wolfspark Werner Freund The animals there were acquired as cubs from zoos or animal parks and were mostly hand-reared Freund howls too while sitting in the Arctic wolf enclosure Freund uses his walking stick to stroke Monty Freund feeds Arctic wolves with meat from his mouth The Arctic wolves surround Freund as he sits in the snow at the sanctuary The park is currently home to 29 wolves forming six packs from European Freund feeds the wolves with meat hanging from his jaws Freund poses for a portrait in front of an enclosure at the sanctuary Three Arctic wolves stand together in an enclosure A bloodied deer carcass hangs at the sanctuary Freund stands by two hanging deer cadavers “You can join me and pick up the deer cadaver,” German wolf researcher Werner Freund offered I quickly jumped in and the smell of rotten meat hit me I thought I would stop smelling it after a while but this proved to be a very false assumption We chatted while driving and he told me about his education as a gardener and his first botanical job at the Stuttgart zoo Soon he became zookeeper for the predators At the end of our drive we reached a house and since he is almost 80 years old it seemed only polite to help him load the animal’s body On the way back I told him I had never loaded or even touched a dead deer Back at his home he changed clothes so he could meet the Mongolian wolf pack with a familiar smell Werner opened the door of the fence and entered the enclosure came towards him and licked his mouth - a sign of acknowledgment and membership of the pack After this ritual Werner got the deer cadaver lay down and held it as if it were his prey I was told the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and that made me wary of the big bad wolf with bared teeth on display But unexpectedly the pack was shy and approached carefully Werner played his role and bit into the leg of the deer but spat out the raw meat I was too busy trying to shoot pictures through the wire-netting fence to wonder what was going on in front of me None of the wolves competed with him for the food In the afternoon I met Werner at the enclosure of the Arctic wolves It was terrific watching the beautiful white animals howling in anticipation They recognised the sound of Werner’s car and were excited long before he arrived at the gate “From the moment the wolf cubs taste meat and blood they turn into predators and cannot be domesticated like dogs” entering the enclosure with a bucket of meat named after the horse whisperer Monty Roberts and the female wolf Deborah had a litter of cubs Werner began feeding the litter from his mouth It was incredible that the whole pack adopted this behaviour Werner proceeded to a small hill where the pack assembled “I had to re-educate my voice as my German dialect sounds quite hard The light was just perfect and the wolves roamed around while he always stayed in the middle They stopped sometimes to join in the wolf song and their breath became visible in the cold air Werner said with a canny smile later as we sat at a table in his living room having a cup of tea together joined in and mentioned how quickly their 50-year marriage had passed by Back in 1972 they adopted a wolf named Ivan from Yugoslavia Ivan was released into an enclosure and mated with a female wolf who gave birth to cubs soon after When they visited the wolf family they had a life-changing experience “Ivan brought one of the cubs to us and laid it down” Apparently this was the moment when he decided to dedicate his life to the wolves I listened to his stories about the animals and I noticed that he used terms like muzzle and claw for his own body parts Werner Freund has an eventful life to look back on he answers that he has two lives: “Which one I like best Werner sits with his wife Erika and their cat Max in the living room of their home near Wolfspark Martyrdom of Vitus, Modestus, and Cresentia. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons Crescentia of Lucania was part of “the help” in a Roman senator’s household She is one of a trio of holy martyrs that also includes St We had no idea then just how slender a needle’s eye we were threading when we set off as a family to explore Syria over a long (American) Presidents Day weekend in 2011 Traveling with our 4- and 2-year-old daughters secured visas and headed north from our apartment on the western edge of Amman The Arab Spring was still in its heady early days Egypt’s youth had electrified the region a month earlier by toppling a dictator but couldn’t have anticipated just how hard and with what hell-fury the window that had been cracked open would be slammed down upon a people and a place Our happy memories of this trip now seem strange and incongruous alongside accounts of the civil uprisings and the regime’s brutal retaliation in places like Daraa Damascus and Bosra—not to mention the growth of ISIS and ensuing brutality throughout major parts of the country we read Little House in the Big Woods aloud in the car we piled out of the car for passport control The guards laboriously scrutinized our passports for signs of travel missteps into enemy territory attempted to speed up the process with polite chitchat while I continued to read Little House aloud in the parked car with passports in hand and Hannah in his arms seeing her energetic blonde pigtails and enormous brown eyes once more helped the guards regain their perspective and they gave up looking for signs of enmity our memories are in a kind of interpretive ruin Listening to a Dora the Explorer “World Friendship” CD children who had scribbled anti-regime graffiti on a wall would be dragged away to torture chambers but just as I lifted the hatchback to retrieve the plastic potty Dora’s unmistakable voice belted out: “Shalom From Israel!” Hardly the tones of a delicate dance We ventured on to the still-inhabited Roman ruins at Bosra—taking in its basalt amphitheatre climbing up to a perch to gaze down on the stage where in March 2015 rebel forces would battle with regime troops we stopped to let our girls play amidst the grassy time-softened remains of a basalt Byzantine cathedral They played “house” and “farm” around the toppled structures David and I sat on upturned column segments watching them happy that we had ventured here and not to a cloistered tourist resort for the holiday Later we headed into the mountains north of Damascus to Ma’loula—one of the few towns where Aramaic (the language of Jesus) is still spoken modest café to escape a torrential afternoon rain and had a satisfying meal just below the cliffs where the Orthodox monastery of St we hiked through a famous crack in the rock The apocryphal story tells of a rock that opened to allow an elderly St to flee her persecutors after having faced torture and death sentences many times over in her life the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front would wage battle with the Syrian army here tastes and faces of the ancient streets left lasting impressions We purchased a set of glass-paneled copper lanterns from a shopkeeper who gave our daughters little fabric-framed mirrors for their purses He had the lanterns wound tightly in bubble-wrap for our trip back to Amman assuring us that if any of the panels broke The lanterns have by now even survived a transoceanic voyage even in the shadow of its ruthless dictator and his apparatus of fear Yet Bosra’s basalt structures have been pocked by bullets but that pales before the abject suffering and displacement endured by the Syrian people How many times have I thought of Thecla’s rock and said a prayer for miraculous safe passages for the countless refugees who have suffered unrelentingly in the years since The diplomatic life comes with enormous privilege—which is twined with a responsibility to venture far beyond the safety of Disney-like surreality; to take real and complicated places into one’s own life encounter cultures and make memories in places that many will never see While some among the American public harbor fear about the unknown and the “other,” we think back to the faces we saw—including little ones with bright pigtails and brown just like our Hannah; eyes that should have been compelling enough for a taste of liberty as our daughters played farm in the gentle ruins of Bosra Her writing has been published in Books & Culture the Review of Faith & International Affairs and elsewhere She and her family are currently posted to Berlin Contact Us © 2023 by American Foreign Service Association. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy In this installment of the articles highlighting the attractions found near Germany’s rivers we accompany you on a drive along the Saar an area rich in pleasing vistas and fascinating industrial history A profile of the Saar: The Saar rises in the Vosges mountain range in northeast France and flows north for 152 miles before emptying into the Moselle River by the German town of Konz Although it flows just slightly more through French territory than across German soil for most of our journey we will be concentrating on the German sights Some of the larger towns the Saar passes by include Sarreguemines in France; Saarbrücken Saarlouis and Merzig in Saarland; and Saarburg in the Rhineland-Palatinate with “sara” being a phrase for streaming water is just an hour’s drive from Ramstein Air Base Jacuzzis and pools of warm water is your thing you’ll no doubt enjoy a few blissful hours at the Saarland Therme near Kleinbittersdorf Architectural flourishes give it a look similar to that of Moroccan styles a fine backdrop for experiencing its special events organized on Saturdays in July and August Völklingen: Eight miles west of town we come to the town of Völklingen where in decades past the iron and steel needed to build up an industrial society were produced by thousands of workers When the Völklinger Hütte ironworks shuttered in 1986 its gigantic machinery and massive sheds were left standing and today the compound is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a fascinating spot to explore The complex also houses the ScienceCenter Ferrodrom where more than 100 interactive displays amuse and educate special events and exhibitions are staged here year-round Saarlouis: Perhaps you’re starting to wear down Read all about how the Café Plaisir delivered java bliss to a Stripes reporter Merzig: Merzig is famous for a product that’s not so typical to Germany: cider the town hosts a festival in honor of its beloved drink on the first Saturday of October each year Mettlach: Villeroy & Boch is a respected name in the world of porcelain and they are headquartered in this rather old-fashioned looking town figurines and other intricately designed items at the Villeroy & Boch Outlet Shop The Keravision and Tableware World of Discovery is a display of many of the beautiful objects produced over the company’s 250-year history The highlight of a visit to this complex is the historic dairy a beautiful room covered from floor to ceiling with 15,000 handcrafted tiles Saarburg: The treasure of this medieval town just 12 miles north of Mettlach is the remains of the castle guarding the town from its high perch First mentioned in a document dating back to 964 A.D. it’s one of the oldest hilltop castles in all southwest Germany A unique feature of lovely Saarburg is the waterfall smack-dab in its center which plunges down a 65-foot drop into a stone gorge A mill and a trio of still-turning waterwheels complete the idyllic scene but you’ve likely got something to show for your busy day dishes or a Christmas ornament are all great keepsakes; a camera full of images of scenic vistas and smiling faces even better Advertisement. Advertise with us By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Judge John Lambert this morning supported Oneonta City Hall’s actions against Oneonta Hotel owner Melania Pervu in every particular only extending the deadline for final action until January After conferring with lawyers for both sides for 40 minutes in chambers filling in as Supreme Court judge for Michael V Pervu with a comprehensive list of violations by Oct Pervu must apply for building permits to repair all violations by Oct the building will be vacated and Pervu held in contempt of court who was there with husband Nicolai and two daughters since the city Board of Public Service has already found the building unsafe Pervu is not supposed to be renting to anyone any tenants are “under no legal obligation to pay any rent.” Merzig said “we would rather have that date tomorrow.”  However the city’s case against Pervu – it has been underway since the third quarter of 2017 – “now has the support of a judge,” he said While the vacate order is in place for Jan the city attorney said City Hall will probably be back after that date before any evictions occur and website in this browser for the next time I comment COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note:  Tim Mead particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville and wrote this reminiscence in 1996 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996 Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching… Killer Knapp Dies In Prison; Guilty In SUNY Coed’s Death ONEONTA – Ricky Knapp the man convicted of the 1977 death of SUNY Oneonta student having served 40 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a 1978 manslaughter conviction in the death of 18-year-old Linda Velzy CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote “…including competitions and tournaments if permitted by local health authorities.”… Sandra Nuxoll's 2020 Louisdor Cup finalist Hanami has been sold to German aspiring Under 25 rider Louisa Deutschbauer Hanami is an 11-year old Oldenburg mare by Dante Weltino out of Hamiera (by His Highness x Ramires x Priamos xx) The mare made her show debut as a 5-year old in 2016 under Anja Teute who runs a boutique training and sales yard in Germany The new duo made its debut at local shows in Germany in 2017 In 2018 Nuxoll moved the 7-year old black mare up to Prix St Georges level and rode the German selection trial for the World Young Horse Championships but was not selected They also contested the Nurnberger Burgpokal qualifiers that year In 2019 Hanami moved to developing Grand Prix level and in 2020 she matured into a highly promising Grand Prix horse, qualifying for the 2020 Louisdor Cup Finals in Frankfurt which Nuxoll ended up winning with her other Grand Prix horse Bonheur de la Vie In 2021 the pair made its international show debut at the CDI Herzlake  where they were 7th in the Grand Prix with 69.674% and 10th in the Special with 67.830% Their last show together was in Ankum at the beginning of November 2021 where they were back at 72.5% in this national Grand Prix In November Hanami sold to German national dressage rider Louisa Deutschbauer The 20-year old is based in Merzig-Wadern where her family owns and runs equestrian centre Ballern Nuxoll and Hanami in 2018Louisa has been competing up to Young Riders/S-level with the now 16-year old Rubin Noir (by Rascalino x Sugunas xx) which they bought in the winter of 2018-2019 at Helen Langehanenberg's where Sabrina Gessmann was training and competing the horse for owner Jens Bartling and with the 11-year old Der Wademärker (by Dancier x Weltmeyer) previously shown by Esther Maruhn up until 2019 She has also been campaigning the 7-year old Flavour (by Floriscount x Sandro Hit) at A-level Deutschbauer made her international show debut in June 2021 at the CDI-PJYR Kronberg where she rode Rubin Noir to a 6th and double 9th place in the Young Riders division Deutschbauer now has a ready Grand Prix horse for her to make the transition from Young Riders to Under 25 Grand Prix level in the future Next month Germany will be hosting the selection trials for the Piaff Forderpreis show circuit in Warendorf Nuxoll can be proud of her achievement as a trainer as this is the third horse she has been able to produce from young horse level to Grand Prix and sell for a rumoured six figure amount Before Hanami she sold Grand Prix horses Stand by Me (Lisa Müller) and Destiny (Kristina Sprehe) Nuxoll has not (yet) sold her Louisdor cup winner Bonheur de la Vie and is now also focusing on her new rising hopes Found a Hit (by Foundation x Sandro Hit) and brand new acquisition Nabola (by Intro K x Rhodium) "Louisa and beautiful Hanami are a great match," Nuxoll told Eurodressage "Nabola will be only 4 years old this year but shows great potential and she was exactly my type of horse with a good engine and activity from behind and a top character My intention is for sure to develop her to FEI leve Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot The Sinogene Biotechnology Company in Beijing announced the birth of the world's first cloned Arctic wolf at a press conference in Beijing Wildlife Park on September 19. The wolf was born on June 10 in a laboratory. "Cloning technology provides a good entry point for the protection of endangered wild animals which has a great contribution to the protection of biodiversity." although climate change has caused a decline in the overall Arctic wolf population as a result of a decline in the population of their various prey according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) The WWF also points out that Arctic wolves rarely come into contact with humans and are not threatened by hunting; rather they are more susceptible to habitat disruption as mines roads and pipelines enter their territory and cut into their food supply.  The Environment and Climate Change portal is produced in cooperation with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev The Jerusalem Post maintains all editorial decisions related to the content By LIBBY CUDMORE  • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Accusing 195 Main Street owners Melania and Nicolae Pervu of “gross negligence” and warning that they are “approaching criminal behavior,” the City of Oneonta will ask County Judge John Lambert to shut down the former Oneonta Hotel during a hearing on Tuesday “The situation has now passed far beyond dirty rugs and stained ceiling tiles from a leaking roof,” wrote David Merzig “The Respondents are now demonstrating gross negligence and actually approaching criminal behavior and must be stopped immediately.” two “serious and life-threatening incidents” related to 195 Main St On Friday, Jan. 25, carbon monoxide detectors in 189 Main St. went off forcing the Oneonta Fire Department to evacuate the building code enforcement officer John Hester and two NYSEG employees discovered that the top of the boiler in the basement of 195 Main St had been removed and that tape had been placed over an air inlet to allow the boiler to continue burning NYSEG “red-tagged” the boiler and warned the Pervus not to relight it On Monday, Jan. 28, 189 Main St. was once again evacuated for carbon monoxide, with two people transported by ambulance to Fox Hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. NYSEG discovered that the boiler had been reignited and cut a section of the piping that connected with the boiler along with my co-workers,” 189 Main St employee Tysha Hoose wrote in a statement to the City ” I don’t know when you are going to actually condemn People’s health and lives are at stake.” Hoose was sent to the ER with carbon monoxide poisoning on both Friday and Monday “This Court has given the Respondents every opportunity to correct the health and safety violations at this property as well as the structural deficiencies,” wrote Merzig These latest incidents merely confirm what the City has been repeating over and over that the issues at this property are not simply cosmetic Fatalities could have very easily occurred here.” the City asks that the Pervus “…immediately vacate all remaining residents of the apartments located on the premises” and note that should they fail to do so for the Court to allow the city to enforce the order “by means and in such manner as may be ordered by this court.” the City requested $25,000 in reimbursements for such actions and to pay all costs for all court proceedings Crescentia of Lucania's feast day is celebrated on May 16 in the Eastern Orthodox Church the stories told of the three are slippery But the story goes that Crescentia worked as a nanny in a Roman senator’s house Crescentia and Modestus apparently played a key role in Vitus’s conversion to Jesus learned that his son had become a Christ-worshiper he took severe measures in hope he would recant Modestus and Crescentia spirited him away to a river’s edge where they escaped on a boat (escorted by an accompanying angel) young Vitus engaged in a lively ministry of healing and evangelism even performed an exorcism for the emperor’s son All three may have been tortured to death at this point because the emperor did not approve of Vitus’s spiritual meddling in his own household Some accounts say that they weren’t quite tortured to death but were carried by (another) angel to Lucania In another account the emperor only locks up and tortures Vitus and Modestus Crescentia publicly confronts the emperor for his cruelty against them and confesses Christ as well An earthquake may (or may not) have happened at this point and struck fear into Diocletian’s heart the broad brush strokes paint a familiar picture Having lived in cultures where conversion to Christianity is illegal and where household staff may have far more personal interaction with the young of elite parents it’s easy for me to imagine real faces to these historically obscured lives conversion to Christ ushers in private persecutions and public earthquakes that threaten political structures and family honor liberal West can barely comprehend the real threat and profound shame that Vitus’s faith represented to the Roman political and civic order and the household of one its senators The help that Crescentia and Modestus offered to Vitus was treasonous both to household and to empire These three represented an earthquake that threatened to bring the neat order of life crashing down In their story the family cult is laid bare for what it is truer family forms in their flight for safety The trio forms a holy image of how God uses the weak of the world — including the lowly very often utterly hidden household help — to shame the wise It’s also not surprising that Crescentia’s story has a gossamer It’s so familiar that it very well may have happened a thousand times over in history in ten thousand places: a youngster quietly learning the good news from his nanny who tenderly cares for and instructs him or her and Vitus’s path reminds us that Christ will have his Church Crescentia’s story may have been passed among the rest of the staff told beneath billowing laundry lines under the Mediterranean sun or whispered while window-washing making its way beyond the villa’s walls and out onto high roads and byways She emerged from the crowd to confront the emperor!” But these days we’re not apt to lend it much credence because Crescentia was only part of “the help.” We still tend to think that they mess with the facts They’re not usually the ones writing history Laura Merzig Fabrycky is a freelance writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in Books & Culture, Foreign Service Journal, Review of Faith & International Affairs, Good Housekeeping Middle East, and elsewhere. She published her first collection of poetry, Give Me the Word: Advent and Other Poems Got something to say about what you're reading The Queensbury High School Class of 2019 receives their diplomas Friday night at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls Carrie Casertino and Jolene Schaffer hold up cardboard cutouts of Schaffer's daughter Ashley Holmes on Friday night at Queensbury High School's graduation ceremony at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls Queensbury High School student Owen Smith receives a hug from classmate Delaney Camp before the graduation ceremony Friday at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls Members of the Queensbury High School Class of 2019 listen to student speaker Julia Noelle Merzig during Friday's ceremony at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls Queensbury Superintendent of Schools Douglas Huntley addresses the Class of 2019 on Friday night at the Queensbury High School graduation ceremony at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls director of secondary curriculum at Queensbury Union Free School District before the start of Friday's high school graduation ceremony at Cool Insuring Arena Queensbury High School graduating seniors Ashley Holmes Emma Goodwin and Katie Geruso pose for a picture before the graduation ceremony Friday at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls GLENS FALLS — The advice to the Queensbury High School Class of 2019 was about building relationships and serving others Superintendent of Schools Douglas Huntley shared a story about a recent biking trip where he experienced a flat tire A man named Kevin who accompanied him on the ride gave him his spare tire and put it on his bike Kevin said a similar incident happened to him and a good Samaritan gave him a spare Huntley encouraged others to pay it forward “You have not lived a day until you have done something for someone who can never pay you back,” he said to the 258 graduates in a ceremony on Friday at Cool Insuring Arena Helping others was also the theme in the speech by former math teacher Stephanie Knoop who moved to the Syracuse area after the students’ junior year but was invited back to address the graduates but she encouraged the students to be kind “I think one of the most important things we can do with our lives is to serve others I’m filled with gratitude when I serve others,” she said Class of 2019 President Tiffany Hotte announced that the class gift is a new water fountain as part of the district’s Legacy 2020 capital project Principal Damian Switzer thanked the students for being flexible and putting up with the high school in various states of construction The flexibility they exhibited will help them in their life Switzer cited some examples of famous people such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and singer-songwriter John Legend who have cited a teacher who helped give them the confidence to pursue their goals you could be that one person who makes a difference,” he said Student speaker Erik Swanson encouraged the students to keep challenging traditional assumptions “The moment you think you have it all figured out is the moment that everything is rearranged and you have to figure it out again,” he said Student speaker Julia Merzig said that June 28 represents the closing of these students’ academic journey This class created memories that will last a lifetime and it is now time to begin a new chapter Students were eager to begin that next chapter and have big goals Delaney Camp plans to study environmental science at Cazenovia College “I’m going to try to bio-engineer a new organism to get rid of plastic,” she said Kim Bacon was going to serve others by getting a nursing degree She said a lot of her family is in the profession She said she was motivated to get through high school so “I can have the future I want.” Parents were also eager to show their support Jolene Schaffer and some friends had cardboard cutouts of her daughter “I wanted her to be able to be able to find me afterward,” Schaffer said Schaffer said she felt overwhelmed but is excited that her daughter is graduating Lucas Crane’s advice to freshmen coming up is to “cherish the memories.” Michael Goot covers politics, business, the city of Glens Falls and the town and village of Lake George. Reach him at 518-742-3320 or mgoot@poststar.com and follow his blog at http://poststar.com/blogs/michael_goot/ Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Email notifications are only sent once a day Queensbury Superintendent Kyle Gannon was determined to graduate every single senior in person this year Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The first complaint ever filed with the Town of Richfield Ethics Committee was dismissed this evening after the three members agreed there was insufficient content in the record for them to make a determination “Can I refile?” asked Mike Reid the town Planning Board member who raised so-far-unspecified allegations against Town Supervisor Nick Palevsky and freshman Town Board member Ed Bello Jr who lost his seat on the town board last November Page one of the “Ethics Complaint Form” filed with Town Clerk Maggie Young on Jan has a notation in the upper right-hand corner: “page 1 of 2.” the complaint the Ethics Committee  – Kane Seamon Judy Stone and Ronda Morrison – reviewed tonight had no page 2 “It could have been just the way it came out of the printer,” said Seamon One exhibit was attached: Town Board Resolution #1 of 2020, which authorized the town to pay former town attorney David Merzig $750 to review a disputed petition that, if found valid, would overturn the former town board’s vote last Sept. 30 approving a restrictive zoning code a majority that opposed the new code – Palevsky and Fred Eckler – was elected and Merzig’s review which concluded the code could not withstand a court challenge would have been involved in developing the zoning code now under challenge whatever point Reid intended to make was unclear tonight “There’s nothing in these pages that tells me what the charges are,” said Randy Seamon “It is a bunch of people getting together trying to make us look bad.” He pointed out that Dan Sullivan’s email is at the top of Page One of Reid’s complaint “I want to now who’s ganging up on me,” said Bello Seamon considered holding the complaint over to the next meeting but Palevsky said he and Bello “are both under a cloud” as long as the matter is unresolved When the Ethics Committee voted 3-0 to dismissed the charge – “thank you board members,” said Palevsky – Reid said he would refile what would be a complete complaint with the town clerk I am open to consider the information that was displaced in our packet of complaint and rules I hope the following meeting isn’t quite so volatile and possible have law enforcement protection available Members of the audience were peaked in their passions Piper Seamon 5th CCS Girl To Hit High Mark The Cooperstown Central student section erupts as Piper Seamon scores her 1,000th career point in the Hawkeyes’ 57-39 win over Waterville at home last evening Seamon becomes the fifth girl and only the 14th player in school history overall to score 1,000 points Pipershares a hug with teammate Meagan Schuermann after the game was stopped to acknowledge her achievement Seamon will play basketball next year at Hamilton College (Cheryl Clough/AllOTSEGO.com)  … Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Meredith to Tony Strickland The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Christina and the late George Schluterman of Paris and Terry and late Henry Upchurch of Fort Smith She is a graduate of Fort Gibson High School and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Beverly and the late Thurman Strickland of Heber Springs and Theo Koster and Inge Koster-Koneke of Merzig He is a graduate of Conway High School and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville The couple is planning a July 18 wedding at St Home » General » Disaster » Germany’s Saarland sees flooding after heavy rain May 18 (IANS/DPA) Heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in the western German state of Saarland Buildings in the state capital of Saarbrucken and other municipalities had to be evacuated due to rising water levels The state Interior Ministry spoke of a "widespread flooding situation" with a focus on the southeastern part of the state People in the city of Saarbrucken have been advised to avoid basements and flooded areas due to persistent heavy rain banks can collapse," the city announced on Friday evening "Crossing flooded streets should be avoided at all costs -- both on foot and by car." citizens were warned to stay away from the affected areas and A Ministry Spokesperson said that the districts of Neunkirchen and Saarbrucken regional associations were particularly affected There was initially no news of any casualties residents had to be evacuated from their flats in isolated streets streets have been disconnected from the power grid due to flooding the drinking water supply has been secured millions of euros worth of damage is expected especially in the private sector," the municipality said "The extent of the damage is not yet foreseeable." Officials are considering requesting assistance from neighbouring federal states Saarbrucken declared a major damage situation Several buildings in the city had to be evacuated The city set up alternative accommodation in schools and a citizens' hotline Those affected were asked to take only the essentials with them The German Weather Service warned of heavy continuous rain through the early hours of Saturday Chancellor Olaf Scholz cancelled an election campaign appearance planned for Saturday in Saarland he will visit Saarland with state premier Anke Rehlinger to get an idea of the situation on the ground a government spokesperson announced in Saarbrucken on Friday evening The state government has initiated the first steps towards emergency financial aid the Council of Ministers declared a so-called "elementary event of supra-local importance" municipalities could deviate from budget-balancing regulations due to the extraordinary emergency "Many Saarlanders are worried about their homes and possessions or have already suffered severe damage," Rehlinger said the state government has taken decisions at short notice to assist to repair the damage caused." 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