Employment Updates: A Retirement and a Birthday

Kathy Clancy shares that her husband, Brian, retired from the Village of Cooperstown on April 30.  Brian was the public works superintendent, and had been a village employee for 31 years.  In addition to his paid position, Brian also served several terms as the village's fire chief.

For the whole story, and more, visit http://www.allotsego.com/reception-honors-retiring-cooperstown-dpw-superintendent/.

Hancock Concrete Products, the company where Bill Adams is employed, celebrates its centennial year in 2017.  A celebration was held July 3 in Hancock, Minn., with a luncheon and plant tours.

Bill, husband of Marsha Whiteside Adams, appears in a video history of the innovative company that designed the first precast box culvert in the U.S.   The video can be viewed on the Hancock Facebook page, or on Marsha's Facebook page.  (P.S. Bill is NOT in the photo below.)

The Graduate(s)

I have one word for you - CONGRATULATIONS!!

Don Roman announces that his son, Donovan, graduated from Mount Pleasant High School on June 4 with an International Baccalaureate degree.

For those of us scratching our heads, your editor appropriated this information from the IB website:  "Founded in 1968, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation offering four highly respected programmes of international education that develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills needed to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world."

Donovan will attend RIT in the fall to study environmental engineering.  Here is a photo of Donovan (#7) with the other seniors on the Knights varsity lacrosse team at their last game. 

Katie Murphy, daughter of Jennifer and Don Murphy, graduated May 13 from high school.  Here is a photo of Katie with mom, dad and brother Keenan.

On June 13, Emilie Kestner, daughter of your faithful editor, finished up her studies at Abilene Christian University in Texas, receiving her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Judy and Joe drove to Abilene from Corpus Christi, a six-and-a-half-hour drive, the night before the ceremony.  The next day, a flat tire on Emilie's car, necessitating the purchase of a new one, and the steep climb to the nosebleed section of the Moody Coliseum on campus seemed like omens, but the 3:00 event went off without a hitch.

Emilie will finish up some requirements over the summer, take her licensure exam on July 20 and be ready for those job offers to start pouring in (and so will her parents...)!

June Wedding for Stephen Clancy

Kathy Boggs Clancy and Brian Clancy of Cooperstown announced the marriage of their eldest son, Stephen Clancy, to Heather Place.

The ceremony took place on June 17, 2017 in Hartwick, N.Y.

The newlyweds will reside in the Clancy family home on Pine Blvd. in Cooperstown.

Heather yesterday posted this sweet sentiment on Facebook:  "And now I have the best mother-in-law ever." 

Best wishes to the couple for years to come!