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Oneonta’s Bill Erario shares a slow dance with daughter Aly on the packed dance floor at the YMCA’s annual Father-Daughter Dance Saturday, Feb. 8 at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. Once again, the event was sold out.
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ARTISTS SOUGHT: CANO is looking for artists to submit two works for the upcoming Annual Member Show, opening March 7. You can join CANO as part of the registration. For details, call 432-2070.
Deep Freeze, Cost = Double Trouble
anuary’s bitter cold wasn’t just freezing fingers and toes – it was freezing businesses that depend on electricity too. “We had a couple of spells of extended, sub-zero weather,” said Russ Southard, Otsego County account executive at Mirabito Energy Products. “High demand was put on the electric plants – some shut down, others were competing for natural gas to keep the HOMETOWN ONEONTA electricity on.” Russ Southard The result: shows rising deWholesale prices mand line. that were 5 cents a kilowatt on Jan. 1 had skyrocketed to 36 cents on the 24th, although they had dipped back to 6 cents on the 31st. “For Please See HEAT, A6
Sustainability Summit Due 3/1 At SUNY n Oneonta Sustainability Summit is planned 8 a.m-1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center. The gathering is being organized by a committee consisting of Hannah Masterjohn, chair, Mayor Dick Miller, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, Hannah Morgan, Mark Davies and others. Register at www.eventbrite.com under “Oneonta Sustainability Summit”. For more information, contact Oneonta2030summit@ gmail.com.
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r. Margaret L. Drugovich, Hartwick College president, has been elected chair of the President’s Council of the Empire Athletic Conference. Her two-year term begins July 1 when she will succeeds Dr. Donald Braveman, Nazareth
College president. “President Drugovich has a deep commitment to Empire 8 Drugovich and NCAA
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Division III values,” said Empire 8 Commissioner Chuck Mitrano. “Her insight on intercollegiate athletics and higher education coupled with exceptional leadership will certainly make her a tremendous leader for Empire 8.” Hartwick participates in 14 sports as part of the Empire 8: men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.
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ive county students were named Presidential Scholars for the fall semester at Clarkson University: • Alex Benjamin White of Unadilla, a freshman majoring in engineering and management. • Troy White of Unadilla, a freshman majoring in engineering and management. • Shawn Jackson Lowry of Springfield Center, a freshman majoring in engineering studies. • Amy Christine Hait of West Oneonta, a freshman majoring in environmental engineering. • Thomas A. Twomey of Richfield Springs, a freshman majoring in environmental engineering.
CYPRESS SHINES: Ethan Cypress, a trombonist and music performance major from Oneonta, will present a student honors recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Sara M. Snell Music Theater of SUNY Potsdam. LEONE HONORED: Harrison Leone, a senior history major from Oneonta, is on the Dean’s List at St. Bonaventure for the fall semester.
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Ron Coe share some of his leg-playing dance moves with his daughters Veronica and Adell Coe, much to the amusement of their friends Emma Knudson, Alessandra Boxill-Yakalis and Zosia Thibault. Brad Benjamin and his daughter Kaileigh arrive in style at the Hunt Union.
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here is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place.” Washington Irving
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ep. Chris Gibson has tested Irving’s theory. Gibson, whose closely cropped graying hair announces his Army pedigree, believes he should be in the Guinness Book of Records for having moved so swiftly – in 10 months – from membership in America’s most admired to its least admired institution. On March 1, 2010, he ended a 24year military career and on Nov. 2 was elected to Congress. This fall, he will participate in perhaps the year’s most interesting congressional contest. Americans have sorted themselves out politically, so approximately 390 of the 435 House contests will be boring. Just 16 Republicans – Gibson is one – represent districts Barack Obama carried in 2012, only nine Democrats represent districts Mitt Romney carried, and perhaps fewer than 45 contests nationwide will be competitive. One will be in the 8,000 square miles of New York’s rural 19th District, which runs along the Hudson River from about 60 miles north of The Bronx to the Vermont border. Gibson, 49, was raised in Kinderhook, a few hundred yards from the home of Martin Van Buren, a Jacksonian Democrat whom Gibson, a Reagan Republican, considers a kindred spirit. Gibson enlisted the day after he turned 17, but he graduated from Ichabod Crane High School – the Hudson Valley also gave the nation Washington Irving – and Siena College,
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Sean Eldridge, left, chats with county Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, at a Democratic County Committee meeting in Cooperstown. Chris Gibson, above, at CANO’s Chili Bowl in Oneonta with wife Mary Jo, shakes hands with Autumn Cafe’s Tim Johnson.
served in the Gulf War, Kosovo and Iraq, rose to the rank of colonel with the 82nd Airborne, along the way earning four Bronze Stars and a Cornell Ph.D., and taught political science at West Point. He entered politics when the Tea Party impulse was waxing, and he agrees with its adherents about limited government but favors compromise to get there. “The Constitution,” he notes with a colonel’s crispness, “was a compromise.” And, he adds, Patrick Henry, a Tea Party pinup, opposed ratification of it. But Gibson thinks “MVB” – he refers to Van Buren as if he were
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a neighborhood chum – deserves to be a Tea Party favorite because he was Andrew Jackson’s sidekick in slaying the Bank of the United States, which they considered an instrument for people who practiced the vice nowadays called crony capitalism. Gibson, who looks forward to teaching and coaching, has pledged to serve no more than four terms representing a district that Obama, like George W. Bush, carried twice – in 2012, by six points. Sean Eldridge hopes to give Gibson an early start on his next career. Eldridge, 27, is married to Chris
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LETTERS
Wood: Town Can Produce Own Water More Cheaply
To the Editor: I would like to respond to the editoaradoxically, the tion: More than 150 people rial in last week’s edition concerning Cooperstown Winter warmed up Saturday night at the City of Oneonta being glad to share Carnival signals the the Tonya Harding Chicken its water to encourage development. end of winter. The days are Wing Contest. In the right circumstances and localonger, the quality of light There’s a vitality we’ve tions it is definitely possible that City more intense. Phones start simply failed to recognize. water will be able to encourage develringing in local business, And, of course, most of opment. The editorial unfortunately and thoughts turn toward the the 6,000 college students, contains several inaccuracies regarding huge 75th anniversary Hall a mainstay of the Greater the Town of Oneonta and these must of Fame Induction. Oneonta economy, were be corrected. The closing of Oneonta’s back for half the month. First and the easiest to correct is that Neptune Diner on Dec. 29 Let’s think ahead to Janu- the town does not have to sell water to heralded what some merary 2015. Let’s plan. The Davenport for the project to succeed. I chants will tell you was a Otsego and Cooperstown have not heard that before. I have spoparticularly gloomy month. chambers, our political lead- ken in the past to Supervisor Valente But, when you think about ers, our privatized tourist of Davenport and am aware that he is it, there were several success bureau, individual business- interested. If and when we have water stories. people, let’s collaborate. available we will offer it to him. I fail Foothill’s sixth annual For years we’ve talked to see how that could be detrimental Bridal Expo attracted more about elevating Otsego to the town. I firmly believe that more than 80 brides, with attenCounty to a Winter Wonretail and restaurants will only attract dant family and friends, a derland. It’s long past time. more customers and improve business record on the first gloomy Let’s figure out how to make weekend of the year. The it so in 2015, and just do it. Hanford Mills Museum Ice A Winter Wonderland Harvest attracted a near-reTask Force? Step right up. cord 1,009 attendees. And Who wants to serve? To the Editor: the winter carnival itself While I truly agree with the sentirebounded. One indicament behind your editorial on Southside water in the last edition, I take issue with the numbers you cited and the unsupported conclusions you drew. Inter-municipal cooperation and & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch increased efficiency are laudable goals and I believe they can often save Jim Kevlin taxpayers money and encourage ecoEditor & Publisher nomic development and investment. Unfortunately, this is not one of those Tara Barnwell M.J. Kevlin Advertising Director Business Manager cases and the proposal presented by the City of Oneonta was simply not in Thom Rhodes • Susan Straub the interests of our taxpaying property Area Advertising Consultants owners in the town. From the (very) preliminary numLibby Cudmore • Richard Whitby Ian Austin bers that I have seen, property ownReporters Photographer ers in the district will find significant Kathleen Peters • Dan Knickerbocker Tom Heitz savings both at the capital investment Graphics Consultant stage and through water supply costs if the town plan is used. MEMBER OF The capital costs proposed by the New York Press Association • The Otsego County Chamber Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. city were about 35 percenjt higher than
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Hughes, 30, who bought the New Republic magazine – founded 100 years ago this year as a voice of progressivism – with a portion of the fortune he made as co-founder of Facebook. Eldridge, who wants to bring his own progressivism to Congress by beating Gibson, grew up in Ohio, graduated from Brown University, attended but did not graduate from Columbia Law School, founded a venture capital firm and went looking for a receptive congressional district outside New York City. The first one where he and his husband bought a residence turned out to be politically problematic, so they kept
that residence and bought another (supplementing their Manhattan apartment) in the 19th District. It was said (by John Randolph) that Van Buren “rowed to his object with muffled oars.” Muted, stealthy politics is, however, not the current style. Eldridge’s investment firm is located in the district, and last summer the New York Times reported that the firm had made at least $800,000 in loans to local businesses. Progressives, being situational ethicists regarding the phenomenon of money in politics, are selectively indignant about the rich throwing around the weight of their wallets. But when progressives say there is “too much money in politics,” etc., conservatives should remain relaxed. Everyone, including Eldridge, should have the right to do what he or she wants with his or her money. Besides, Eldridge will use his money to disseminate his political speech, which conservatives should be confident will do Gibson much more good than harm. As David Winchell, a 60-yearold owner of a roadside pizza and BBQ restaurant, told the Times, “This area is becoming too citified. I would fear that this gentleman coming in would be too relaxed in his views.” The Times noted, “He added, with a disapproving tone: ‘Progressive is the word.’ ”
for all. To say that the town’s creation of a water district will ensure the demise of the Greater Oneonta area is absurd. The Greater Oneonta area continues to expand, albeit modSupervisor estly with projects like Bob Wood the Hillside Commons in the city, and the town will have a minimum of six new businesses this summer and the major reconstruction of one of our existing businesses. That is on top of the new commerce that arrived last year. The most egregious error is the dollar amount for the water project. The difference is not between $1.6 million if the city provides the water and $9 million if the town does. The $1.6 million only gets city water to the Southside from the city well. To build
our own water plant will cost $1.19 million, a savings of over $400,000 dollars. The town must still build the distribution system for the district at a cost of approximately $7.8 million regardless of where the water is sourced. The city did agree to sell the town water at cost, as opposed to the 150 percent it currently charges town residents. They presented the town with a very detailed look at all of the costs they incur in producing water. That cost was estimated (by the city) to be $2.43/1000 gallon provided the town used 500,000 gallons per day. Currently it is estimated the district would use 157,000 gallons per day. At that usage level the cost per 1,000 would be higher. The town well could produce it for $1.17/1,000 gallons based on today’s consumption. When we build up to use the 500,000 gallons per day our cost would drop to $0.60/1000 Please See BOB WOOD, A6
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those of the town plan. The water usage fees for the City’s plan were over twice as expensive (108 percent more) than fees for the town plan. I also believe that it’s unwise to plan all of the anticipated development for the town and city around a single well or aquifer. This approach will surely limit development and the town and city will undoubtedly reach their capacity sooner than they would if multiple sources are used. Additionally, the Fortin Park location would allow for possible infrastructure expansion to the East End of the town, Emmons, and possibly County Route 47 and Hemlock Road (a location that the proposed Town Comprehensive Master Plan suggests could be a site of future industrial/ commercial development.) I think focusing on just the big box/Southside commercial district is shortsighted and will limit develop-
ment. But more importantly, it would be more costly to our taxpayers with the same or less benefit. I want to respectfully urge you to speak with Bob Wood or someone else with full knowledge of the status of the proposals so that information could be included in your features. It would be irresponsible to sway the passions of the residents based upon incomplete or erroneous facts and presumptions. After all, the public will be asked to vote on this matter and they should be well informed. We all want the same thing: a thriving and growing Oneonta. I believe in the idea of “One Oneonta” (in an economic sense) and I think the success of Otsego County relies heavily on the success of our town and city. We need to get this right and I hope you will continue to help us achieve that goal. ANDREW D. STAMMEL Oneonta Town Board Member
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The Local News – Two strangers in town last Saturday attracted considerable attention from the fact that their clothing – coats, vests, etc. – was fastened together with hooks and eyes instead of buttons. On inquiry it was ascertained that they belonged to a sect known as “Hook and Eye” Baptists and one of their particular foibles is that they will have no buttons on their clothing. The sect is said to be quite numerous in the northern part of the state. The ladies of the Chapin Church are arranging for a unique entertainment in the Metropolitan Theatre, February 22, the evening of Washington’s Birthday. It is termed a flag festival and acted by young ladies, each one representing some state or territory. They will be appropriately dressed and each will carry a shield and flag. February 1889
80 Years Ago
In spite of the extreme cold this winter, excellent progress is being made by Harrison and Burrowes of Brooklyn, contractors on the new bridge over the Susquehanna River on lower Main Street, and it is planned to swing the span of the old bridge on the city side next week so that the abutment may be built for the new bridge. The approach from the side of the river will be moved upstream about 60 feet and will remain in that location until it is removed after the new bridge is open to traffic. About 40 men are at present engaged on the project including a large number of Oneontans. The foundation and wings on the south side of the river have been poured and the center pier foundation and abutment is completed. Within a few weeks steel work will be underway, the bridge being of two 125 foot spans of the pony strut type. These will be placed on the abutments with ornamental concrete pylons on the three piers and six decorative lighting units will be installed. Ornamental steel sides of open design will be placed. February 1934
60 Years Ago
Violet Marie Bradshaw’s long masquerade as a man exploded dramatically in a criminal court in Columbus, Ohio after a judge sentenced her to the penitentiary for embezzlement. Arrested last summer as Vernon Bradshaw, 35, of Kenova, West Virginia, on a charge of embezzling $2,000 from an ice cream company, Violet served three days in a county jail before release on $1,500 bond. After sentencing at her trial on February 10, a man who identified himself as Patrick Bradshaw, the defendant’s brother, came to court to reveal his sister’s sex. “I was not masquerading,” Violet
explained. “I always have considered myself a man” Four of the 12 members of the Hartwick College Warriors’ basketball squad are averaging more than ten points a game. Co-Captain Paul Lambert, guard, leads the scoring parade with a 12.5 average. Close behind him are Jim Shiekhofer, guard with 11.5. Center John Johnstone and Tom Barbur forward, average 10.5 each. The Warriors’ offense averages 80 points a game. The team is on a riding a 7-game winning streak. February 1954
40 Years Ago
Faced with one their worst wrecks in recent years, D. & H. Railroad workers are preparing for a massive cleanup operation near Emmons where a 25-car derailment has shut down all traffic on the line. D. & H. Railroad President C.B. (Bruce) Sterzing, Jr., said he hopes to restore traffic movement by tonight. That will depend entirely on when fires in seven 30,000 gallon tanker cars filled with liquid propane burn themselves out. No dollar estimate of damages was available when Sterzing met with newsmen late last night. A train out of Binghamton leaving Oneonta at 4 p.m. picked up speed and was moving about 30 miles per hour when the locomotive crew felt a sharp jolt in the units just to the rear. Twenty-five cars of the 127-unit train and one of its three locomotives derailed. The two remaining locomotives and crew moved beyond the wreckage and called for assistance. A yard engine dispatched from Oneonta pulled the remaining cars out of the area and took them back to the Oneonta yard. A fire started immediately in one of the propane cars and within minutes the fire spread. Soon, searing explosions followed about every twenty minutes and a number of firemen were injured, many of them badly. February 1974
30 Years Ago
The calendar says it is February but the thermometer reading made it seem more like late March over the weekend as unseasonably mild temperatures in the 40s and 50s melted snow and ice accumulated over the winter. The mild weather is expected to continue. National Weather Service estimates for coming days predict highs in the 40s and 50s and lows in the 30s and 40s. Five years ago the February 12th temperature fell to 28 degrees below zero, a record for that date. And, on that date in 1944, a record 11 inches of snow fell on Oneonta in a 24-hour period. February 1984
20 Years Ago
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Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.
JANUARY 2014 Maximum Temperature .....................................54°F (1/12) Lowest Temperature........................................-17° F (1/22) Average Maximum Temperature...............................26.2° F Average Minimum Temperature.....................................6° F Monthly Mean Temperature......................................16.1° F Precipitation Total...........................................................2.51″ Most Precipitation in 1 Day................................ .52″ (1/13) Thunderstorms......................................................................0 Snow……….............19.5″ (19.5″ for 2014, 57.4″ for winter) Most Snow in 1 Day.............................................8.8″ (1/13) YTD Precipitation...........................................................2.51″ Days at or below 0°F...........10 (10 for 2014, 12 for winter) Number of Days at or below 32° F....................................30 Comments: January 2014, a temperature rollercoaster for sure! It was drastically colder than normal; the mean temperature was 16.1° F, which is 5.2° F below the normal mean temperature of 21.3° F. The mercury dipped below 0° F 10 times during the month, which is more than normal for the entire winter! All of the northeastern United States experienced big swings in temperature twice in January. For example, on Jan. 7, the maximum temperature was 48° F and on Jan. 8 it was 3° F! Even though the month’s temperatures averaged significantly below normal, we had seven days with maximum high temperature above 40° F and one day above 50° F. Precipitation was right on the mark. We received 2.54″ and normal is 2.51″. Normal snowfall for Jan. is 17. 9″ and we received 19.5″. Many times throughout the month felt colder than the thermometer read due to strong, gusty winds from the north and northwest. cal conference on women that invoked “Sophia, Creator God,” and used other feminine images of the deity. The conflict reflects attempts to modify pervasively male references to God as “He” or “Father” and to bring out biblical indications that God has “motherly” qualities. United Methodist Bishop Earl G. Hunt says deifying Sophia is an “attempt to reconstitute the Godhead,” and “no comparable heresy has appeared in the church in the last 15 centuries.” February 1994
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more a megawatt hour and a business “We haven’t had this kind of weather HEAT/From A1 is using 10,000 kilowatts, that’s an ex- in a long time.” business owners who are running lots on Southside Drive have BOB WOOD/From A4 And the cold couldn’t have come of refrigeration or heating rental units, tra $1,000 just on the commodity, not gallons. What benefit would perfectly good well water counting delivery charges or accountat a more inconvenient time. “Many that’s cause for a lot of concern,” he today, but many do not have said. “I was getting calls from my there be to having a higher ing for line loss or capacity.” of my customers have a billing cycle good quality or quantity. bond cost and paying four Southard uses 65 degrees as a “dethat reads from Dec. 28 to Jan. 30,” customers saying, ‘Russ, you’ve got to The substantially higher times the rate for the water gree day” benchmark to calculate how said Southard. “So the average entailed help me.’ People were shocked when cost of city water would be itself? much heat is required to maintain that in all those high prices – if we’d read they opened their bill.” more likely to deter them Finally, the editorial consistent temperature. “It’s a way to their meters at different times, the cost In an effort to trend away from coal, from hooking up. states that residents would measure how hot or cold it is that day,” could have been spread out a little difmany of the electric plants throughout The Town of Oneonta did have to pay $600-$800 year he said. If it’s a 55-degree day, that’s a ferently.” New York and New England converted its due diligence in examinto replace perfectly good 10-degree heating day. On Monday, Feb. 10, the cost was at to natural gas. However, without adwell water. At this time that ing the city proposal. We This year so far, degree days are 13 10 cents per kilowatt hour, but Southhad no problem with sharing ditional infrastructure to carry the gas number is unknown. The to the plants, the string of bitterly cold percent above normal, meaning a busi- ard hopes that the chilliest days will a resource like water with town has been very diligent soon be behind us. “Hopefully, the days put an extra need for electricity to ness needs 13 percent more electricity the city. The numbers on in doing all that we can to than normal – more electricity at the prices will calm back down,” he said. keep the heat going across the state. this project simply did not ensure residents of the dishigher price. “Last winter was cold, “Already, February has been a little “In some cases, the price doubled,” trict get the most reasonable make sense. The Otsego warmer.” said Southard. “If the price is 10 cents but it was 20 degrees cold,” he said. County IDA was given a cost available. We have presentation on this before worked diligently to submit a hardship application to the they agreed to become our cofounding agency. The state Environmental Facilities Corp. to get better finan- numbers were vetted by engineers and in this case it cial support from the state hear, and the other judges On Wednesday, Feb. 12, was just not the best option IDOL/From A1 and federal governments. IF YOU WATCH: agreed. Harry Connick Jr. the Oneonta three will sing We hope to have numbers to for residents of the potential Crimmons in competing for Three singers with said, “100 percent absoin their final rounds with the a chance at pop stardom. district. take to the public sometime Oneonta ties perform at lutely.” American Idol band, and on But they aren’t the first We all want to see Greater this summer, when we have 8 p.m. on Wednesday, “I know my grandpa was Thursday, find out if they an estimate of what the cost Oneonta thrive and prosper, from the area to compete for Feb. 12, on Fox. but we need to ensure it is to residents will be. As of smiling down on me,” she will continue on to the main fame on the small screen. done with fiscal responsibil- Bobby Banhart, a 2001 OHS today I can state that the said. stage for the season. “The target number is half or less ity to minimize costs to the graduate, was the first winCrimmons also got her suspense you see on TV And, of course, all Otsego of the $600-$800 the article taxpayer. golden ticket at the Bosis real,” said Jackson. “I ner of MTV’s “A Shot At Countians held their breaths BOB WOOD Love With Tila Tequila” in suggested. ton auditions, while Harris won’t know if I made it until waiting to see Beekman Oneonta Town Supervisor 2007. Yes, some residents joined the “Idol” hopefuls in Thursday night.” Boys Brent Ridge and Josh Detroit. Kilmer-Purcell cross the 2012 “Amazing Race” finish line. Before that, the two showcased their up-andcoming goat farm on two seasons of Planet Green’s “The Fabulous Beekman Boys.” Kaitlyn had been a fan of “American Idol” since 2005, John J. Mitchell, Realtor when country crooner Carrie Underwood took the top Residential • Commercial • Land • Farm prize. “As soon as I turned Over 35 years of local experience! 15, I was at that audition,” she said. MLS #92120 Offered at $175,000 She made it through the Just south of Garrattsville, this well-built first three rounds in Boston older home with many updates is situated back in August, then went on approximately 7½ beautiful acres with before J.Lo and the otha stream. 4 BRs, 2 baths, LR, DR, family ers for her big audition. room, kitchen with extra storage room “I missed the first day of and a summer kitchen. Deck, porch, school for that!” she said. plenty of outside storage, outbuilding. Though originally planning to sing “Cowboy Sweetheart,” she spoke of her grandfather, Henry Across Down Bostelman Sr., and how she 1. Office desk accessory 1. Colorful Mexican shawls wrote the song “Another 8. Densely populated 2. Lizard-like reptile in Angel” after he died. slum areas New Zealand That was the song judge 15. Halo 3. Dry gulches Call John Mitchell at 607-435-4093 salespeople and Jennifer Lopez wanted to JohnMitchbroker@gmail.com brokers resources 16. Preclude (2 wds) 4. Chick’s sound
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1822 Cape with Craftsman Addition — Charming early cape w/ Craftsman addition bordering Red Creek just minutes from the village of Cooperstown. Home features parlor w/Vermont Casting wood stove, pine floors and door leading to side deck. Arts and crafts kitchen w/tiled antique island and seating, oak cabinets, skylight, tiled backsplash, tiled floor and countertops. Original stairs lead to wide pine floored bedroom w/skylights. Additional storage in the eaves and ¾ bath on main floor. The addition includes MBR w/¾ bath and another bedroom and full bath. Dining room w/vaulted ceiling, built-ins, period lighting fixtures, French doors lead to deck. Down a few steps into a living room w/wood floors, lovely gas fireplace w/Craftsman mantel and built-ins. Great natural light throughout. Spacious breezeway to two-car garage. Too many details to list. This is a ‘must see’ property. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $ 339,900
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MLS#92037 Cooperstown $50,000 Affordable local housing or investment as a rental. Cooperstown Schools, move-in condition. 2 BRs, 2 baths, ⅓ acre, pleasant backyard. Call Madeline for details: 607-434-3697
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Wonderful Village Home! MLS#92112 Cooperstown $317,000 Fully renovated. Absolute move-in condition! Very spacious home has 4 BRs, 2 baths, den, LR, DR, carriage barn. Centrally located. Call Madeline for details: 607-434-3697
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MLS#90997 – Just outside Stamford on 222+ acres w/fields, pastures and woods, is Dar-Stan Stables, a successful working horse farm since 1992. This very clean 4 BR cape includes land on both sides of the road. LR was built w/cherry timbers from the property, and most of the floors are hardwood. Hot tub, 2 decks, stone walls, great views. Pole barn was an indoor riding arena now used for storage, 12+ stall horse barn, more barns w/stalls, machine shed, detached garage, ponds, streams and more. Call today for your private showing. $740,000 Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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HELP WANTED Drivers: Dedicated Customer Runs with Weekly Hometime. Minimum pay guaranteed weekly. Exp Solos $.31$.41cpm/mi. Additional Stop Pay Offered. Must live within 100 mile radius of Johnstown, NY. Must be 21-years or older with Class-A CDL. At least 6 months OTR exp. preferred. Call Super Service: 877-696-0761 Help Wanted - Tin-Bin Alley, 114 Main Street, Cooperstown. Retail/Customer Service Experience Required. Parttime/Full-time hours. Must be available on weekends. Position begins the end of February. APPLY NOW!
RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT 114 Main St., Cooperstown. Rental space available (inside Tin Bin Alley). Excellent opportunity for unique business: e.g. cafe, retail, consignment. Rent negotiable based on space needed. Call now at (607) 547-5565.
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For Lease! Great central location close to downtown with great parking. Spaces range in size so call for details. Ask about getting 2 months FREE rent!! Contact Benson Agency Real Estate and Ask for Becky Thomas. 607-4324391, X-202. Small group practice has 10X12 office with land line available 4/1. Central city location, 1st floor, off street parking, waiting room and handicapped bathroom. All included $300/month. Call 433-0209. Office space available at beautiful historic Railroad Avenue in Cooperstown. Off-street parking available! Call Tim at 607-435-9859.
Rotarian’s Interest In Young Readers Club Donates In Wendy Brown’s Memory By LIBBY CUDMORE
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endy Brown’s death was a tragedy that shook Otsego County, but from that tragedy came hope. “One of her passions was connecting people with reading disabilities to opportunities to advance themselves,” said Gary Herzig, president of the Oneonta Rotary Fund. “We wanted to do something to honor her memory.” Brown’s friends and family made donations to the Rotary Club, raising $6,185 in the year since her pass-
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in doing internet research.” The app also highlights vocabulary words and allows students to increase the text size and limit the number of words on a page. “Some students are overwhelmed by a page filled with print,” said Gracy. “If they can change the size, it seems less threatening.” Teachers have begun training with the iPads, and
teachers will distribute them in the classroom after winter break at the end of February. Wendy’s sons, Garrett and Daniel, had both struggled with reading disabilities, and Wendy worked hard to help them learn. “We felt it was a good way to remember Wendy,” said Herzig. “She would have loved to see this happen.”
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Cooperstown Village Home. Wonderfully Updated & Fully Furnished. Two Bedrooms, Two Baths, Large Center Island Kitchen,and Dining Area Living Room with Fireplace, Fenced in Yard Overlooking 5th Green At Leatherstocking Golf Course and Otsego Lake. This home is easy walking distance to Bassett, and Main Street.. Available Oct. 1. $1,700.00 per month, Plus Utilities. Annual Lease Available, References Required 1 Months Security,& Realtor Fee ~No Smoking No Pets~ Call or Text Laura Coleman, John Mitchell Real Estate , 607-437-4881
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HOUSE FOR RENT VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN. Large 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath with new kitchen, hardwood floors, nice 2nd level deck and good size back yard. Close to all amenities. $1800 per month including all utilities. Tenant is responsible for phone and internet only. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954
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APARTMENTS FOR RENT Cooperstown, spacious living room, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $775. plus electric. Off-street parking for two cars. Close to schools, shopping and gym. No smoking, no pets. Move in condition. (585) 261-3728. Cooperstown village apartment, 4BR, 2BA in historical carriage house. Skylights, open concept floorplan. Very short walk to hospital. $950.00 plus utilities. Call Fran at (941) 445-7744. Apartment for Rent in Oneonta. $625 per month, includes heat, hot water, off-street parking, trash removal. No smoking or pets, available immediately. Info, call (607) 434-2272. Cooperstown One-Bedroom Apartments for rent. Tenants wanted for large apt., 1 bedroom. Kitchen, full bath, off-street parking. $575.00 plus utilities; smaller apt. $525.00. No smoking; pets can be discussed. Info, (845) 674-0438. Two Bedroom Furnished Apt., Laurens Area. $800 per mo. includes Heat & Electric. Annual Lease , No Pets, No Smoking. 1st. Last Month Rent + Security, Ref. required. Call- Laura Coleman, 607-437-4881; LauraColeman1224@gmail.com John Mitchell Real Estate Cooperstown Apartment for rent 2nd floor 1 bedroom, garage, laundry and a deck over looking back yard .... $750.00 plus utilities wonderful location, close to downtown. No Smoking. No pets. Call Dave LaDuke, John Mitchell Real Estate, (607) 547-8551 or (607) 4352405.
es, as well as the WordCue and Bookshare apps. “Some students struggle with being fluent in their reading,” said Tim Gracy, director of special education at the high school. “The Bookshare software reads the text aloud while the students are reading it on the page, even on websites. It opens a new world to students who normally wouldn’t be interested
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Gary Herzig, left, Oneonta Rotary Fund president, presents a $6,000 check from the Rotary International Wendy Brown Fund to the Oneonta City School District to help students struggling with reading. Holding the ceremonial check are School Superintendent Joseph Yelich and Wendy’s sister, Erna Morgan McReynolds. In the center, from left, are club President Larry Guzy and, from the schools, Special-Ed Director Tim Gracy and teacher Nicole Gelbsman.
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ing, and on Thursday, Feb. 6, that money was donated to the Oneonta High School to help purchase iPads and apps to help students strengthen their reading and writing. “We had reached out into the community to find a way to make a meaningful donation, and the school didn’t have enough funds for these iPads,” said Herzig. “It was a perfect match.” Brown was killed by her husband, Willis, on Nov. 7, 2012, at their home in Franklin. He then killed himself. The money was used to purchase 15 iPads and cas-
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MLS#92555 – Custom-designed country home has 3 BRs, 2 full baths on over 8 acres. Open floorplan, formal DR, kitchen w/island and plenty of cabinets. Master BR w/large dressing suite, garden tub, double sinks, plenty of closet space. Back deck. $124,900 Call Donna Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#92492 - Priced well below market value! 148 acres of Delaware County/Catskills land. Surveyed, engineered, and DEP-approved. Breathtaking mountain views! Excellent road frontage. Mostly wooded with gentle level terrain. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#91778 – Gorgeous 1840 home on 30 acres 70 additional acres available. Excellent horse facilities: 3 paddocks, run-in sheds, wash bay, heated workshop. Flagstone patio. 15 minutes to Cooperstown. Over $450,000 in capital improvements since 2002! $599,900 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) MLS#91749 – Rustic cabin in Fly Creek sits on 1.25 acres w/stream, wooded property line. Large woodstove in LR, 2-car garage w/plenty of storage. Snowmobile trail across the street. Close to Cooperstown and Oneonta. $69,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#92185 – 3 BR, 1 bath renovated home in Burlington Flats offers radiant floor heat, updated kitchen, new sheetrock, vinyl siding, new windows. Wood floors, nice sized 1st floor BR. Upstairs 2 BRs, nice hall area for office. Large double lot w/invisible fence. $95,000 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell) New Listing! MLS#91373 – Beautiful property in the Glimmerglass Historic District. 3BRs, 2½ baths, separate artist’s studio, 3-story barn. Walk to Bassett and Clarks Sports Center. Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell) MLS#84856 – Great place to build your country home in the Fly Creek Valley. Close to Cooperstown, Otsego Lake, Oneonta and I-88. Level lot, great views, walk to trout fishing. Lots of wildlife and spaces to roam. $85,900 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#84430 – Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Road! Includes 4 other parcels, and road frontage for 10 bldg lots if subdivided. Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown. All offers considered. $199,900 Call Linda B. Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
MLS#87446 – Established restaurant in Cooperstown on State Hwy 28 is close to Dreams Park. 3 dining rooms, one can be private banquet room w/dance floor. Can accommodate large receptions, graduations, etc. Parking for 60 cars, can accommodate over 300 people. *Owner financing available* $850,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS# 84325 – Outrageous Oneonta investment opportunity! Spacious, open plan 3-unit rental home with rare original detail throughout. Current COC and separate utilities. Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
MLS#89409 – Move-in ready village home has 2+ car garage, heated basement, small garage for your workshop. Roof, boiler, and many appliances under 10 years old. New septic and leach field. $119,000 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#91135 – 7.9 acres and great views of Canadarago Lake! Interior is repainted, new carpets. 2-stall garage, outbuilding, finished basement w/family room and workshop. Move-in condition. $149,900 Call George (Rod) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#91958 – Retired dairy farm w/over 145 acres on the market for the 1st time in over 40 yrs! Pastures, views, ponds, electric, well and septic. On a dead end street across from over 1,100 acres of State land. $345,000 Call James Vrooman @ (603) 247-0506 (cell)
MLS#92207 - Success and money are awaiting you in this established restaurant. Great possibilities, great condition, busy highway location, fantastic building! $295,000 Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#91030 – Move-in condition 4 BR, 2 bath home on 7 acres in Fly Creek. Large LR w/wood floors, family room w/pocket doors. Entry w/woodstove leads to DR and kitchen. Spacious master w/private entry to balcony. All BRs have nice-sized closets. Perennials, covered porches, fire pit, room to roam. Additional land w/large barn and creek available. $299,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#86798 – Villa Isidoro Restaurant, Bar and B&B in Richfield Springs. Start your new business today! $575,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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MLS#92754 - Custom-built 2,000+ sq ft home w/panoramic views. Kitchen w/custom cabinets and appliances will make it a pleasure to cook. Large bath w/Jacuzzi. Virtual tour available. $265,000 Call Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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SpaciouS and Bright! This home features an open floorplan with cathedral ceilings, 3 BRs w/ double closets, and 3 baths. Master suite takes up the entire second floor w/private balcony, full bath, laundry, walk-in closet and loft overlooking LR and DR. DR has hardwood flooring, open to kitchen and LR. Kitchen has tile floor and backsplash, new appliances. Family room, bath, plenty of storage in basement. Wrap-around deck, attached garage. Convenient to shopping, downtown and schools. $195,000 MLS#92742
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New listing…late 19th-century home is centrally located in the village of Cooperstown. This “painted lady” has an exquisite exterior color scheme. It has been completely renovated w/2 tiled baths, 4 BRs, spacious LR and DR, and den. Plantation shutters on the windows throughout the home. The floorplan allows a BR on the first floor if needed. All mechanicals are up-to-date and include a state-of-the art Roth oil tank. The back enclosed porch, semiprivate front porch and backyard provide wonderful outdoor space; flagstone walkways and detached barn garage complete the picture. This is a very special home in move-in condition and ready for you to visit. Call to make an appointment to meet with one of the agents to discuss this opportunity. Co-exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $325,000
Sitting on a ridge overlooking the valley to the west, is this nicely restored 4 BR, 2 bath colonial. Home sits on 44 acres on a quiet country road. Property includes main house, separate guest cottage, 4-bay garage and barn. The barn is in very good condition w/ new electric and water, and many paddocks. The entire property is fenced with high tensile fence and has 5 separate paddock areas connected by gates. Many possibilities for this great property, located just a short drive from Cooperstown. $525,000 MLS#92570