<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><TABLE width="691.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 691.0px; background-color: #f5f5dc"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 681.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><TABLE width="681.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 681.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 669.0px; background-color: #9cb4e9; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><TABLE width="669.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 669.0px; background-color: #d7dce8; padding: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 398.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD><TD valign="bottom" style="width: 88.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>League of Women Voters of the</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Cooperstown Area</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 18px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B>UPDATE</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> November 2009</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD><TD valign="bottom" style="width: 88.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0B00EE"><BR></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 669.0px; background-color: #fddd7b; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Hello LWVCA League Member! This e-bulletin is generated for you</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 681.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><TABLE width="680.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 680.0px; background-color: #b3c6b5"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 670.0px; background-color: #f5f5dc; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top" style="width: 190.0px; background-color: #f5f5dc; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><TABLE width="190.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 190.0px; background-color: #d7dce8; padding: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 178.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>Editor: Joyce Hickling </B></SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:jhh330@earthlink.net"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0B00EE"><B>jhh330@earthlink.net</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>President: Ellen Tillapaugh</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:kuchtill@verizon.net"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0B00EE"><B>kuchtill@verizon.net</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><TABLE width="190.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 190.0px; background-color: #d7dce8; padding: 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #6d90c6; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Future Meetings</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #fddd7b; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>November 18, 2009</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10.7px;">MOSA or no MOSA? 7 pm @ the Presbyterian Chapel. See article at the right. </SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #fddd7b; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>January 20, 2010</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Program planning for our national and local League. Go to </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.lwv.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0B00EE">www.lwv.org</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> > Members Section > National Program Planning 2010 - 12 to join the Program Planning Discussion List Serve.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10.7px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #fddd7b; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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background-color: #fff5d7; padding: 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #6d90c6; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 184.0px; background-color: #fddd7b; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px 2.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 470.0px; background-color: #f5f5dc; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#123491" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>The future of solid waste management in Otsego County</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><TABLE width="470.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 470.0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6 #6d90c6; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 18px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church Chapel on Pioneer Street in Cooperstown, we will be sponsoring an open meeting to inform the public about recommendations from Hans Arnold, of Gerhardt, LLC, for pulling out of the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie Authority (MOSA). The Otsego County Board retained Arnold to research options, and Arnold presented the report on options on March 13, 2009 (see your April </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><I>eUpdate</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">). The final draft report on Arnold's recommendations was presented to the board on September 2, 2009.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Since the final draft, there have been many meetings of the county's Solid Waste and Environmental Concerns Committee with Terry Bliss, the county's Solid Waste Management Director to fine-tune a resolution to be presented to the full board.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">On November 18th, Sam Dubben, chairman of the Solid Waste and Environmental Concerns Committee, will moderate our public meeting. Dubben will begin by updating everyone on the progress to date and take questions from the audience. Also invited to the public meeting are experts on this topic: Terry Bliss and the three MOSA board members from Otsego County, Martha Clarvoe of Hartwick, Ed Wesnofske of Oneonta and David Parker of Worcester, who may field questions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">This may be the public's only chance to speak to these experts, so please copy and paste this article and send it to everyone you know who may be interested.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#123491" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Climate Change</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#123491" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">One of the national League's 2009 priorities for legislative action is Climate Change. The McClatchy Newspapers this weekend asks, "Will US go empty-handed to world climate talks?"</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">"Many nations are watching to see whether the Senate will make progress on a climate and energy bill that would spell out the U.S. national emissions-reductions plan. Wtihout an offer of such cuts from the largest source of emissions that are already in the atmosphere, there won't be a global deal at the talks in Copenhagen, Denmark in December." .</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Get more information on the national League's efforts at </FONT><A href="http://www.lwv.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0B00EE">www.lwv.org</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">. You will find links on the homepage, and contact our New York State Senators: Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.</FONT></P></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#123491" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Dues are due!</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Please remember that we lose $2.00 on every member's dues, due to the per-member payments local Leagues collect and transfer to our state and national Leagues to pay for our memberships. Clear as mud?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">You hold memberships in the LWV Cooperstown Area, LWV New York State, and LWV United States. Our Cooperstown League sends $29.20 per individual member to the LWVUS, and $18 to the LWVNYS. So you see that we make $47.20 in payments on a $45 individual dues payment. We want to keep a League membership as affordable as possible, so we use fundraisers to supplement our local activities.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">We send out letters to prospective donors annually, and in the past we have sponsored community breakfasts at the Cooperstown Fire Department, sold homemade pies and frozen casseroles at the Farmer's market, and in days of yore, put on bake sales. Fundraising is a lot of time and work, so we ask that you round up your membership dues as much as possible.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">The strength of belonging to a tri-level political organization is hard to value, but those who were able to attend the fall luncheon with our state League Legislative Director, Barbara Bartoletti and state League Election Specialist would call it invaluable!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Please make your check out today to LWV Cooperstown Area for $45 for an individual membership, and $65 for a household membership (on your Memo line, please mark it as Individual or Household). Send them to LWV Cooperstown Area, PO Box 426, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Full or partial scholarships are available. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; min-height: 19px; "><BR></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0C00FF" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Thank you!</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Our sincere thanks to all who helped us cover Candidates Nights this fall. In District 10 covering the towns of Burlington, Edmeston, Exeter and Plainfield, Joyce Hickling was moderator and timekeeper. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">In the Town of Hartwick, there was standing room only! Maureen Murray was moderator and Nancy Potter timekeeper. In the Town of Otsego, Pamela Washburn was moderator and Jean Dewey timekeeper.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">As president, I would really like to thank and acknowledge the efforts of these League members. Moderating a Candidates Night can sometimes be a difficult task. Feelings and tempers can be strong on the local level and moderators are often called upon to remind candidates and audience members that the forum is desighned to discuss issues and that peronal comments/attacks will not be tolerated. Great job, moderators.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">- <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="JackiesHand">Ellen Tillapaugh </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">President</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#123491" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 458.0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; border-color: transparent #bfbfbf #bfbfbf #bfbfbf; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P></BODY></HTML>