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Flowers For Moms

In what's become something of a Mother's Day Weekend family tradition, Lilly Ryan, 9, of Cooperstown, hands out flowers to mom Betsy Jay this morning at the Cooperstown Farmers' Market. She expected her sisters to join her later in the morning. Betsy, who is chaplain at Bassett Hospital, expects calls Sunday from her children, Emily, in Ashville N.C., Derek in Naples, Fla., and Ian, in Manhattan. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
In what’s become something of a Mother’s Day Weekend family tradition, Lilly Ryan, 9, of Cooperstown, hands out flowers to mom Betsy Jay this morning at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Lilly  expected her sisters to join her later in the morning. Betsy, who is chaplain at Bassett Hospital, expects calls Sunday from her grown children, Emily, in Asheville N.C., Derek in Naples, Fla., and Ian, in Manhattan. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

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