In Memoriam Kathleen A. Stiefel, 71 May 16, 1950 – January 11, 2022 Oh sweet child, I watch as you tell people I am gone. I know it’s your delicate way of saying I have died but what you don’t realize is that your statement couldn’t be further from the truth. While it seems this way, I promise you I am not gone. Pieces of me drifted to eternity but the most meaningful pieces of who I was and who…
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FUNDRAISING DRIVE OVER $1 MILLION Site Bought For New Shelter INDEX – Just six weeks old, the $2 million “Shelter Us” fund drive passed the halfway mark in recent days, giving the Susquehanna SPCA confidence to buy land for its new headquarters. The SPCA has closed the deal on two acres of land at 5088-5082 Route 28, CPA Judith Brown’s former office and the building next door. “We’re finalizing everything withour construction management team. We are planning to break ground…
Editorial for October 19, 2018 Justice Must Be Done, And SEEN To Be Done The truism, “not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done” – actually, it’s a famed quote from a 1924 British legal case – should apply to court proceedings and – if credibility is to be maintained – to democratic government generally. With intent interest, the citizens of Otsego County have observed the wheels of justice turn since Memorial Day Weekend…
Editorial for September 21, 2018 MISTAKES WERE MADE. WHO MADE THEM? Who Lost Otsego Manor? It’s pretty clear to everyone by now that the sale of Otsego Manor in Jan. 27, 2014, was a mistake. That was punctuated with numerous exclamation marks Wednesday, Sept. 12, when Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik and his chief financial executive, Daniel Herman, pleaded guilty before Otsego Town Justice Gary Kuch in the Fly Creek courtroom. Under a plea agreement, Zupnik and Herman admitted to only…
CORPORATION HAS DAY IN COURT Focus Pleads Guilty, Fined $5k For Crimes…
Centers Cuts Rate From $510 to $410 Nursing Home Fee Affects ‘Private Payers’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Centers Healthcare has advised the local Family Council it will scale back its April 1 increase in the “private payer” rate at its local nursing home (the former Focus) from $510 to $410 a day, Family Council chair Betsy Hayes has reported in an e-mail. She said Aharon Lantzitsky, Centers division president, had just called her: “He wanted…
At Focus, Resident Marks 102nd Birthday Local resident Asa Skaloud, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1915, celebrated her 102nd birthday this afternoon at the Focus Nursing Home in the town of Otsego. Residents of the nursing home gathered in the auditorium to celebrate the milestone with cake and music. Dressed in purple to her left is her friend Louise Puylara, Activity Director Amy Rose, and to Asa’s right is her friend Claire Cardinale.…
Focus Names ‘Ambassador’ Devoted To Resident Care INDEX – To “assure the highest quality care,” Focus Rehab & Nursing Center today announced it has created and filled the new position of “Resident Ambassador.” “The role of the Ambassador is to ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction,” said Jeff Emhof, Focus administrator. “The Ambassador collaborates with all departments and staff so that every resident’s question or concern is immediately addressed.…
Felony Counts Off The Table For 4 Focus Neglect Suspects FLY CREEK – The three former Focus employees facing felony charges in Memorial Day Weekend neglect case a Focus at Otsego nursing home will plead guilty to misdemeanors on Dec. 21 in Otsego Town Court, Assistant Attorney General Kathleen Boland said today. A fourth woman, who was charged with a misdemeanor, will also plead guilty at that time, the prosecutor said on appearing before Otsego Town Justice Gary Kuch this…