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MATTICE: ‘YOU’VE LIVED THROUGH HISTORY’

City of The Hills

February Coldest Ever

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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Spirits High At ‘20 Under 40’ Celebration

Pretzel necklaces sported by Matt Othuse, right, Oneonta, and friend Tom Bundy, visiting from Binghamton, were big hits at Brewery Ommegang’s second Snommegang Saturday, Feb. 28, on Main Street, Oneonta. The brewery reported selling out – 1,000 tickets plus 200 staff.

Patricia Kennedy, CEO of Springbrook, which hosted the evening, catches up with ISD’s Roxanna Hurlburt, left, and Carrie Post.

Brzozowski Won’t Seek Second Term

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ommon Council member Bob Brzozowski announced Tuesday, March 3, he won’t seek a second term this November.

He said he plans to concentrate Brzozowski his energies on the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, where he is executive director.

Of the eight Council members, Larry Malone, Mike Lynch and Chip Holmes have already said they are not running again. Since, Lynch has indicated he may change his mind.

GRANTS OFFERED: Otsego County is accepting applications for its 2015 Community Grants up to $4,000 for local events that attract visitors to Otsego County. Contact county Rep. Beth Rosenthal, DRoseboom, at 607-264-9537 or district7rep@gmail.com SIGN OF SPRING: Longer days arrive Sunday, March 8. Be sure to turn your clocks forward one hour as Daylight Saving Time arrives.

t will be the story one day you will tell your grandchildren – that back in your day, you survived the coldest winter on record.

“You lived through history,” said Dave Mattice, National ebruary’s avWeather Service erage nightobserver in Oneonta. time low was “You’ve lived -0.1; normal is 8 through the coldest, above, Weather most brutal February Observer Dave on record.”

Mattice reports/ According to SEE A5 Mattice, not one day in the whole month rose above 32 degrees. The mean temperature for the month was just 9.4 degrees, 13.3 degrees below the average temperature of 22.7 degrees.

Dubbed “The Siberian Express,” the jet stream responsible for the cold came from Siberia and got stuck over the Aleutians Island. It hovered over the South and went back up the East Coast, when, Please See COLDEST, A7

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Scarves Removed, But After Furor, Scarves Returned Mayor Southard Gets Compromise

By LIBBY CUDMORE County social worker Chad Angellotti reviews photos of ceremony with Jody DiStefano.

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Preparing for a group photo after the “20 Under 40” recognition ceremony Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s Oneonta campus are, clockwise from lower right, Unalam Vice President Zoë van der Meulen, honoree Shannon McHugh’s daughter Anaya, SUNY Oneonta Sustainability Coordinator Hannah Morgan, SUNY Oneonta Internship Coordinator Megan Scrivener, MannMade Cakes’ Heather Mann, L’il Ladybugs Daycare teacher Shannon McHugh and NYCON Regional Rirector Andrew Marietta/PHOTO PAGE, A3

NYSHA Education Director Danielle Henrici accepts applause.

Chicken Ordinance Comes Home To Roost It’s A Matter Of Sustainability, Common Council Members Say In Voting Aye, 5-3

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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espite snowy, slick conditions on Tuesday, March 3, both pro- and antichicken partisans flocked to Com-

mon Council for the final vote on an ordinance to allow chickens to be raised in the city.

“If I’d seen that there was a chicken coop next door when I bought my house, I wouldn’t have bought it,” said Lisa Yelich, Elm

Street. “These ordinances are not going to be followed.”

“We’re the only place in Otsego County that doesn’t allow chickens,” said Leon Beach, Myrtle Avenue. “They have chickens Please See CHICKENS, A6

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or three weeks, the Layton family tied hand-knitted and crocheted scarves around downtown light poles and trees, inviting anyone suffering in the record cold to help themselves.

Then, the scarves were no more: Common Council ordered them removed, causing HOMETOWN ONEONTA a bit of a furor on The Layton famsocial media. ily hangs scarves By presstime, in downtown though, Mayor Oneonta during Russ Southard had the record cold. met with mom Lacey Layton and come up with a compromise: Hooks will be attached to a piece of plywood already in the downtown walkway. The family Please See SCARVES, A6

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Jian Hua Chen, owner of Asian Temptations in the former location of Sabatini’s, opened his Asian-fusion restaurant on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

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ulia VanDenburgh, formerly of Bainbridge, celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday, March 1, at the Hampshire House As-

sisted Living Home.

After graduating from Hartwick College in 1936 with a degree in mathematics, she went on to be a plane spotter during World War II. She married Kenneth VanDenburgh on Oct 11, 1953.

The two worked together in his International Harvester Sales & Service business for 25 years while also working State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, welcomes at the Tri Town Insurance Blake Guzy, Cooperstown, and Adam Agoglia, and the state Department Oneonta, to the annual 4-H Capital Days in Albany of Labor, and setting up the Tuesday, March 4.

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Sunday, March 8—Third Sunday of Lent · Forgiveness & Pot Luck Dinner

Do you have to forgive someone who never apologizes to you? Can you force someone to apologize? What does it mean to “forgive and forget”?

Jesus call us to forgive “seventy times seven times” – is that possible?

3:30 pm—Presentation: Fred Boehner, Catholic Worker, Albany 5 pm—Pot Luck Dinner

Monday, March 9—“And God said...” The Bible 101

The Scriptures are a great treasure that many of us do not realize we are invited to explore, share, and cherish. This presentation will give a background and then some ways to make the Scriptures our own.

11 am—Presentation: Sr. Kitty Hanley, CSJ, Assistant Dean, Saint Bernard’s Institute, Albany 7 pm—Repeat presentation

Tuesday, March 10—7 pm Taize prayer (Church proper) Wednesday, March 11—Who Do You Say That I Am?

We all profess belief in Jesus Christ, but who is this person that we believe in? True discipleship requires a true understanding of the man who lived, died and rose for us.

So we must be ready to answer: “Who do you say that I am?”

11 am—Presentation: Fr. Robert Longobucco, Pastor, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, Niskayuna 7 pm—Repeat presentation

Thursday, March 12—The Two Feet of Love in Action: Taking Our Faith Into the Public Square

This interactive presentation will address two overlapping issues of Catholic Social Teaching: Immigration and Minimum Wage.

11 am—Presentation: Deacon Walter Ayres, Director, Commission on Peace and Justice, Albany Diocese 7 pm—Repeat presentation

Friday, March 13

4 pm Fish Fry Dinner sponsored by the Knights of Columbus 7 pm Stations of the Cross presented by the Youth Ministry (Church proper)

Complimentary Consultation and Leg Ultrasound Screening On Saturday March 15 9 am to 3 pm (Other dates available too)

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, march 5-6, 2015

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150 family members and friends turned out Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s Oneonta campus to honor the “20 Under 40” Class of 2015. Front row, from left, are Bud Lippitt, Chad Angellotti, Megan Scrivener, Hannah Morgan, Zoë van der Meulen, Jonathan Philby, Dan Buttermann and Brent Baysinger. Back row, from left, are Andrew Marietta, Danielle Henrici, Sarah Manchester, Dana Leonard, Heather Mann, Shannon McHugh, Stacie Haynes, Corinne Smith, Chad Welch and Dan Crowell. The recognition program is sponsored by Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, and the Cooperstown and Otsego County chambers of commerce. For more photos, see slide show at www.allotsego.com

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County Treasurer Dan Crowell accepts his plaque from this newspaper’s Editor & Publisher Jim Kevlin. In the background, from left, are Advertising Director Tara Barnwell, Jason Tabor, Greg Lippitt, honoree Bud Lippitt’s dad, and the Lippitt grandchildren.

Three of the “20 Under 40” judges toast a job well done.

From left are Southside Mall manager Luisa Montanti, Oneonta Job Corps Director Chris Kuhn, and Springbrook COO Seth Haight. Other judges were Five Star Subaru proprietor Ben Guenther, Clark Sports Center Director Val Paige, and attorney Martin Tillapaugh.

Claire Smith, daughter of honoree Corinne Smith, was entranced by Springbrook’s hors d’ouevres.

Bud Lippitt, right, accepts congratulations, while honorees Chad Welch, left, and Dan Buttermann get to know each other.

Honoree Sarah Manchester receives her certificate from Joe Sutaris, Community Bank’s regional executive and chairman of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

PHOTOS BY KATIE MONSER

for HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal

Stacie Haynes, right, shares a laugh with fellow honoree Sarah Manchester and her husband Michael.

Unalam Vice President/Operations Leif Van Cott helps his daughter wend her way through the crowd. They were there to help honor Leif’s sister, Zoë van der Meulen, vice president/communications.

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EDITORIALS

Oneonta ‘Warm, Comfortable, Wonderful’ And, Now, Cool Too.

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t was pretty un-cool for Oneonta City Hall to remove the scarves from downtown fences and trees tied there by a family of Good Samaritans during the coldest month on record. Very un-cool.

Why not wait a week or two? Surely it will warm up by mid-March. Then take down the scarves, dry clean them with a few dollars from the petty cash account, and donate them to the Salvation Army for cold spells of the future.

A week ago, whether City Hall was cool or not wouldn’t have mattered. But, out of HOMETOWN ONEONTA the blue on Feb. 24, the Matador Network Erik Mazarak lashes the “Oneonta Life – the biggest online travel network in the Enjoyed” image to a billboard welnation/slash world, although most of us coming people to the cool town. probably never heard of it before now – declared fair Oneonta the 14th coolest town in now has a rep that City Hall and the rest of the U.S. us need to maintain. (Or is that, in itself, How cool is that! The City of the Hills

un-cool: to care about your coolness.)

Icons of coolness identified by Matador include the Latte Lounge (run by cool guy Dave Zummo), Hartwick College’s Table Rock loop, an afternoon detour to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a few brewskis and music in the evening at the Black Oak Tavern. Proximity to Catskill skiing was also noted. (Asheville, N.C., is #1. For full list, check out www.allotsego.com) • The colleges are noted, but Matador’s anonymous reviewer also says, “Oneonta manages to have an identity beyond just being a college town.”

It sounds like a place, by golly, where people enjoy life, or enjoy living, or where life is enjoyed, or somesuch.

“Oneonta Life Enjoyed” creator Nancy Clark, who has renamed her Glen Group

consultancy in New Hampshire as Drive Brand Studio, agreed with Matador’s conclusion “totally, and I’ll tell you why.”

In devising the tag line in 2010, Nancy’s staffers descended on Oneonta’s restaurants, bars, stores and gathering places. “One of the things that impressed us the most was, all these people had come back to the community because of the lifestyle. Because of how good their life is there. And how warm and comfortable and wonderful the community is.”

“It’s got this really nice, laid-back lifestyle,” she continued, “but with the energy and vitality of the colleges there. A really comfortable place to live. It wasn’t like hippy. But it was that kind of, I’m really happy here.”

And happy is the ultimate cool.

Finally, A Chance To Cast A Vote For (Cooperstown) Democracy

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n-street paid whatever reason – to parking is a poi- COMMENT on seek out one single candithe election son in the Vildate since the March 2011 on the www. lage of Cooperstown’s debacle, so voters have allotsego.com’s been unable to express body politic.

It was imposed on the Facebook page, their opposition at the villagers, despite strong- or send Letters ballot box. to Editor to info@ ly expressed opinions In the world’s great allotsego.com against it, after Demodemocracy, Cooperstown crats took control of the democracy atrophied: Village Board following the nasty Voting dropped from more than March 2011 election campaign.

650 ballots cast in 2011 to a mere Since then, on-street paid park94 in 2014, (both non-mayoral ing has been expanded in the face years). of a sullen electorate.

Now, a single Republican has Mystifyingly, the village’s stepped forward on his own, John failed Republican committee has Sansevere. His credentials, as been unable – or unwilling, for detailed in a Freeman’s Journal ar-

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A vote for Sansevere would help revive local democracy.

ticle that can be reviewed at www. allotsego.com, are satisfactory.

He has a background in banking, and – in addition to interfacing with village commissions for 15 years living in the village

fulltime – he has served on the Zoning Board of Appeals.

He was provoked into running

by Village Hall’s little sense of customer service. He also believes in government by rules, instead of opinions, having heard too many opinions on the ZBA. The two Democratic incumbents up for election this year, Cindy Falk and Jim Dean, are fine trustees and fine people. And, as anyone watching will tell you, Falk has been a visionary leader, (although not everyone has agreed with her vision and the projects she’s championed.) The Village Board has been energetic and cre-

ative, for good and/or not.

But the question to be decided in the Wednesday, March 16, balloting is: Do we want a return of democracy to Village Hall, or not? While one Republican isn’t sweeping change, it’s enough to dent the unanimity of the Village Board’s dialogue.

If you agree democracy matters, cast a single vote, for Sansevere.

Even if he fails to win, a sizeable tally in his favor will send a muchneeded message to the Village Board: Voters matter, people matter, the whole community matters, not just the part that happens to agree with the incumbents.

COOPERSTOWN VILLAGE BOARD OTHER VOICES

Trustees Make Available Cooperstown’s Aura In Fight Against Global Warming Editor’s Note: The Cooperstown Village Board unanimously passed a Tuesday, March 3, resolution, excerpted here, making itself available in the fight against global warming.

Mayor Katz said the hope is that Glimmerglass’ iconic place in American’s environmentalism may be leveraged in the cause.

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HEREAS an overwhelming majority of credentialed scientists, in the United States and abroad, support the findings that climate change is happening and that human activities are a key contributor to it; WHEREAS the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the U. K. Royal Society have stated, “It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of

evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate.

The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related changes;” WHEREAS the 2014 National Climate Assessment, reviewed extensively by the National Academy of Sciences and a Federal Advisory Committee, states that in the Northeast “Heat waves, coastal flooding, and river flooding will pose a growing challenge to the region’s environmental, social, and economic systems… [which] will increase the vulnerability of the region’s residents, especially its most disadvantaged populations;” WHEREAS the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review of the U.S. Department of Defense states

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& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch

Jim Kevlin

The Village Board hopes to leverage Cooperstown to fight global warming.

that the effects of climate change are “threat multipliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social tensions – conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence;” WHEREAS the United

Nations International Panel on Climate Change has reported “Impacts from recent climate-related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability

… WHEREAS the Union of Concerned Scientists has called “for government and corporate decision makers to reduce the threat of global warming by: • Expanding the use of renewable energy and transforming our energy system to one that is cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil fuels.

• Increasing vehicle fuel efficiency and supporting other solutions that reduce U. S. oil use.

• Placing limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit.

• Building a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy technologies, industries, and approaches;” RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown:

1) urges the County of Otsego, the State of New York, and the Congress and President of the United States of America to take prompt and effective measures to rapidly address climate change by promoting and encouraging a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and their associated infrastructure, improvement in the efficiency of energy systems, and the development and installation of renewable energy systems; and 2) stands ready to work with any level of government to achieve these goals, that will in the process create safe, sustainable jobs and provide real, clean energy solutions for generations to come.

FULL TEXT AT ALLOTSEGO.COM

LETTERS

It’s An Insult To Charge Residents To Just Park

To the Editor: The 17 residents who spoke at the Cooperstown

Editor & Publisher Village Board Monday, Feb. 23, spoke for all of

Tara Barnwell M.J. Kevlin us. Paying for parking in residential neighbor Advertising Director Business Manager hoods is an insult to all tax-paying residents.

The Village Board should first and foremost Thom Rhodes • Jim Koury Kathleen Peters Katherine Monser represent the people who live in Cooperstown.

Advertising Consultants Graphics Office Manager Mayor Katz said that paid parking is here to stay, but what he means is that he wants more paid Celeste Brown Thomas Libby Cudmore Ian Austin

Copy Editor Reporter Photographer parking.

Having served with some 14 different boards, including an international board in Beirut with

Judith Bartow Stephenie Walker Tom Heitz very complex challenges, I find it hard to believe

Billing Production Coordinator Consultant that the Village Board did not do its homework.

MEMBER OF Surprise! Those cars parked near our churches New York Press Association • The Otsego County Chamber at various times belong to volunteers working to Published weekly by Iron String Press, Inc. make things better. Did no one on the Village 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Board know what the volunteers parked at the Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080.

E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Episcopal and Presbyterian churches and at the food pantry do in serving our community?

In closing, I wish to add that the coverage of this issue by The Freeman’s Journal has been excellent.

Wet, Frozen Scarves Removed Before Things Got Out Of Hand To the Editor: The City of Oneonta applauds the efforts of those responsible for placing scarves and mittens in Muller Plaza for those in need to take. Initiatives like this are an example of what makes Oneonta a welcoming and friendly city. This good deed quickly got the positive recognition it deserved and others started to bring hats, gloves and sweaters too.

With the increased volume of clothing being donated the articles were being hung on light poles, trees and fences. It isn’t news to anyone the amount of snow that fell in February and soon the clothing was wet, covered in snow and frozen. It was brought up at the last meeting of Common Council’s Facilities, Technology, Operations

& Community Improvement Committee and discussed, and we felt that with the volume of clothing and its condition it would be of better use dry.

The committee instructed the city manager to have our DPW department take it down and give it to one of the charities in the city for distribution My suggestion would be drop boxes or clothes trees in the walkway that connects Main Street to the parking garage. This way the articles of clothing are dry and available for use right away. Another alternative is to work directly with one of the many local charities to get this clothing to those that need it.

RUSS SOUTHARD Acting Mayor Oneonta

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History

EYE ON THE WEATHER

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

The first wedding which ever occurred within the walls of the new Presbyterian Church was that of Miss Mary Ellen Mills and Dr. Arthur H. Brownell, who were married there Wednesday evening, February 5. The edifice was handsomely trimmed for the occasion, the altar being banked about with a profusion of palms and potted plants.

The ushers were Bert Morris, Wm. Mills, S.C. Miller, and F.R. Bouton. The bridesmaids were Misses Higley, Andrews, Blakely, and Bush. Miss Helen Mills, a sister of the bride, was Maid of Honor. Miss Alice Stone, a niece, strewed flowers in the pathway of the bride. The bride was attired in white faille francaise trimmed with duchess lace. The bride is one of the most popular young ladies in the village and the groom a talented and successful young physician, who, during his short residence here, has won for himself a wide circle of friends.

March, 1890

80 Years Ago

Prospects for a good season at Camp Deerslayer and gains in membership were reported at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Otschodela Boy Scout Council at the Windsor Hotel Friday evening. Estimates received from eight of the 36 units in the council showed that the camp on Otsego Lake will have its largest year in point of attendance. The Council went on record as being opposed to the Neustein Bill which seeks to regulate camping. The Council believes that the regulations would make the cost of camps such as those operated by Scout Councils and other similar organizations prohibitive. Sixty-three new scouts and 23 new scouters have been added to the membership during the last two months.

March, 1935

60 Years Ago

A survey of homes in the West Oneonta Fire District is being conducted by Fire Department officers to provide a file of information on how best to fight fires in the district.

The survey is being compiled by Vivan L. Tilyou, First Assistant Chief, Lawrence N. Graves, Second Assistant chief and Chief Allan R. Beach. “As fast as possible, we are visiting homes in our district,” Chief Beach said. The survey includes a check on water supplies, number of feet of hose needed to reach water and how many trucks will be needed in the event that water is some distance from a home or farm. Mr. Beach also said that the department would appreciate being informed in advance if residents are planning to burn off brush or an old building.

March, 1955

40 Years Ago

Invalids, the elderly, visitors to Oneonta, police agencies, students and environmentalists joined in praising the dial-a-bus program at a public hearing Tuesday night. The hearing was required under federal law in support of the

100 Years Ago

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.

FEBRUARY 2015 Highest Temperature...............................................35°F (Feb. 23) Lowest Temperature................................................-17°F (Feb. 24) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................18.8°F Average Minimum Temperature.............................................-1°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................9.4°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................2.6″ Most Precipitation in One Day.....................................63” (Feb. 1.)

Thunderstorms...........................................................0 (0 for 2015) Snow.............................................................36” (54.9” for 2015) .............................................................79.6” for winter of 2014-15 Most Snow in One Day...............................................9.4” (Feb. 1) YTD Precipitation.....................................................................1.89” Number of Days at or below 0°F.........................13 (22 for 2015) ..................................................................20 for winter of 2014-15 Number of Days at or below 32°F.......................28 (58 for 2014)

March, 1915 city’s application for $57,000 in federal and state funds for expansion of the program. Should the federal Department of Transportation approve the purchase, two new buses would be added to the fleet and six shelters for persons waiting for buses would be constructed. More than a dozen letters in praise of the dial-a-bus were read at the hearing by City Clerk Michael Lisa. One was from Nancy Cole, who recently accepted a teaching position at Riverside School.

Mrs. Cole said she had broken her leg and was confined to a wheel chair. “I’ve been riding the bus twice a day for a month now and it is working beautifully,” she wrote. The bus she rides is specially equipped with a wheel chair lift.

March, 1975

30 Years Ago

A preliminary 1985-1986 school budget draft that will cost more than the district can levy in taxes without the help of a state crisis aid package was presented to the Oneonta Board of Education Wednesday. Dr. Lowell Foland, district superintendent, said the tentative budget includes an additional $417,642 just to maintain operations at their present level. That increases the budget estimate to $10,160,710, a base figure that does not include $400,000 of administrative priorities. The $400,000 includes funds for the demolition of a church next to the Valleyview Elementary School, a full-time Center Street School librarian and new teachers to meet state Regents requirements.

March, 1985

10 Years Ago

Even as officials crack down on the clandestine labs cooking up potent batches of methamphetamine across the country, there’s no consensus on how to handle the drug’s toxic by-products, experts told federal lawmakers. A House bill co-sponsored and introduced by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-New Hartford) would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to draw up voluntary standards for cleaning such sites and fund research on the health impacts of such environments, particularly on children.

March 2005

Comments: WHETHER YOU’RE 8 OR 88, YOU JUST LIVED THROUGH THE COLDEST, MOST BRUTAL FEBRUARY ON RECORD! Remember, all I can do is tell you about it, I didn’t like it either! The mean temperature for the month was a just 9.4 degrees, the normal mean temperature is 22.7 degrees, so we were 13.3 degrees BELOW NORMAL! That is UNBELIEVABLE! February made last month look mild: It was only 5.7 degrees below normal in January.

What a winter! While writing this column on Monday, March 2, I spent two fun hours on the phone with an old buddy, Mitch Gilt, who has been with the National Weather Service in Binghamton for as long as I’ve been involved with the weather. We made some interesting but not surprising observations about February 2015. There was only one day when the mercury climbed above the freezing mark: We hit a balmy 35 degrees on Feb. 22. Average daytime high temperatures in February range DAVID between 29 degrees and 36 degrees; in 2015 MATTICE our average was 20.3 degrees. Average nighttime lows range from 8 degrees to 16 degrees; in 2015 our average was -0.1 degree. Normal precipitation, which is rainfall, sleet and freezing and the water equivalent in the snowfall, was 2.60 inches; normal is 2.55 inches, pretty much right on the mark. We usually see 18.8 inches of snow for the month; this year we received 36.1 inches, a lot of dry and light-to-lift snow! For the winter we’ve had 79.6 inches of snow; 80 inches is normal with March looking down the gun barrel at us! For the year we’ve been blessed with 54.9 inches; normal is 36.7 inches. Kudos and thanks to the road crews for trying to keep us safe. Hats off to all EMS, firefighters, police and fuel delivery people; it’s been tough on all of you for sure. Mitch told me that the greater Binghamton area shattered records for February as well and the residents there are looking forward to springtime, as we are! Let’s turn the page and move on. Hopefully March will modify; the days are getting longer, so we’ve almost made it. In fact, this Sunday, March 8, we “spring” the clocks forward. Don’t forget! It will be embarrassing to walk into your house of worship as the congregation is leaving. I’m looking forward to the day when I can write and tell you things are normal. Hopefully that will be in March. But until then, remember, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE WEATHER!

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FRIDAY, march 6, 2015

City Hall Removes Scarves But, After Facebook Furor, Compromise Achieved SCARVES/From A1 can check daily and replenish the scarves as needed.

“It was a great idea, giving warm clothes to the homeless,” said Council member Dave Rissberger.

“But we had our concerns.”

“I was approached by several business owners

who said it wasn’t a good reflection of downtown,” said Common Council member Bob Brzozowski.

“The clothes were all getting covered in snow,” said Southard. “I’m not sure what good frozen scarves are to anyone.”

The decision to remove

the scarves was made at the Feb. 23 meeting of Common Council’s Facilities, Technology, Operations & Community Improvement Committee. “We were all in agreement that it wasn’t helpful to the people who needed it,” said Brzozowski.

City Manager Martin Murphy was tasked with giving the order to the Department of Public Works, which donated the clothing

to Catholic Charities.

But Lacey Layton, who hung the scarves, was frustrated to see that they’d been removed. “If it’s frozen, someone can still take it home and warm it up,” she said. “Charities aren’t open 24 hours a day, and people need these clothes.”

Rumors began flying that the scarves had been thrown out. And soon, several Facebook and other

sites were filled with angry responses, many directed at Murphy personally. “It’s very disappointing that people would behave like this,” said Rissberger.

But when the dust had settled, Southard and Layton met Tuesday afternoon, March 3, and worked through the compromise, which Southard reported back to Common Council when it met that evening.

“We agreed that things could have been handled differently,” he said.

Though no formal decision was made about when hooks and scarves will be hung, Southard plans to move the idea forward.

“We’ll get this resolved,” he said. “And we’ll find a way to make it work.”

And Lacey is ready to help. “I already have more to hang up,” she said.

City Ordinance Allows Chickens Home To Roost

Bringing Home Oneonta History The GOHS is seeking to raise $40,000 by April 15 – matching an anonymous donor’s $40,000 – so its collection of thousands of items that bring Oneonta history to life may be brought back to the History Center, 183 Main Street, where it will be more accessible to the history-loving public.

To “Bring Oneonta History Home,” there are several ways to donate: • Send checks to GOHS, Box 814, Oneonta, NY, 13820. Make checks payable to GOHS, with “Bring Oneonta History Home” in the memo line.

• By credit card, at the History Center, via PayPal on www.oneontahistory.org, or on Facebook, accessible through the website.

• Through stock donations, through the GOHS account at Wells Fargo, 607-433-0333.

Call GOHS Executive Director Bob Brzozowski at 607-432-0960 if you have any questions or are interested in naming rights to parts of the 183 Main Street facility.

Roller Derby Benefit Friday March 6 ~ 7:30 pm

Oneonta’s Hill City Rollers battle the Assault City Battery Brigade of Syracuse in a roller derby fundraiser for GOHS at Interskate 88, Route 23, Oneonta For more information: www.oneontahistory.org

Palmer, Bob Brzozowski CHICKENS/From A1 in Cooperstown and they’re and Chip Holmes.

“By passing this ordinot overrun with foxes or nance, we’ll be joining New rats.”

“Kids can learn a lot more York City, Las Vegas, Atlanta and the rest about life of Otsego County from chickens in allowing than from people to raise video games,” chickens,” said added RobBrzozowski. “We ert Stanton, want sustainabilChurch Street. ity, and evidence It was a supports that this hot-button will attract young issue, one that people to our was previcity.” ously tabled

by Common Voting “nay” Council for were Council rewrites to the members David ordinance. “I Rissberger and heard from Raising chickens Mike Lynch, more people with his children helped them have and Mayor Russ in my ward a greater appreciaSouthard. about this tion for nature and “When I polled than any other issue,” animals, said Robert the residents of my ward, the said Council Stanton. majority were member Larry against it,” said Rissberger.

Malone. “And the majority “Their number one concern of them wanted this.” was that not many people Council voted 5-3 in have confidence in code favor of the amended enforcement to take care of ordinance, which reduced the number of hens from 10 it.”

Several residents asked to six and required owners for the definition of the to get a permit, as well as “no outdoor slaughtering” adding a “sunset provision” provision. “I haven’t seen that requires the ordinance anyone clarify what that to be extended by Common means,” said Rose Anne Council action after two Pirone, Otsego Street. “Is a years. garage, a porch, a gazebo an “I don’t think there’s a appropriate place to slaughlot of liability here,” said tering a chicken?”

Council member Maureen “It’s a common sense Hennessy. “If there’s a problem, we don’t have to renew definition,” answered City Attorney David Merzig. “If the ordinance.” the doors are all closed, it’s Voting in favor were Malone, Hennessy, Madolyn indoors.”

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Lisa Yelich, Elm Street, told Common Council: “When we moved to Oneonta and were looking at houses, if our neighbors had chickens, we would have not bought the house we did.”

But Holmes said that it’s about respecting the neighbors on both sides of the chicken debate. “I think reasonable people can raise chickens,” he said. “And I would hope that if I wanted to have chickens, that you

would respect me enough to know that I would take care of them.”

“That’s the kind of community I want to live in,” he continued. “I want to live in a place that’s not just sustainable in name only.”

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This contemporary cedar-sided ranch, built in 1990, is custom-designed.

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MLS#96592 Fly Creek $134,900 Come take a look at this affordable 3-BR, 2-bath home.

It features a sunny, large kitchen which leads to a rear deck— great for entertaining. Master BR and bath downstairs, for retirees. Bonus 24' x 48' barn for storage or animals.

Conveniently located walking distance to Springfield Landing and your deeded lake rights. Minutes to the Village of Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital.

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Home of theWeek MLS#96570 $239,900 Wonderful lakefront home in pristine condition!

This is a turn-key, 4-BR, 2-bath home located right on the lake. This home has been completely renovated and is sold fully furnished. It is currently used as a summer baseball rental at $2,300 per week.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015

February History Making, Says U.S. Weather Observer Mattice COLDEST/From A1 combined with “little ripples of low pressure,” sent storm after storm up the east coast.

“This year was more consistently cold,” he said.

In Cooperstown, Village Public Works Superintendent Brian Clancy issued a “Frost Warning,” Saturday, Feb. 28, urging people to keep a steady stream of water running from at least one faucet in the house. “As long as the water is running, it won’t freeze,” he said. “If it’s standing still, the whole service line can freeze up.”

Even though the mercury was predicted to rise into the upper 30s on Wednesday the 4th, it may not be over: Such thaws can push the ice farther into the ground, Clancy said. And single digits are expects again later this month.

Although Oneonta did not issue a warning like Clancy’s, Greg Mattice, senior engineering technician for the city, has seen plenty of

problems with frozen pipes.

“So far, I know of six frozen sewer laterals and 29 frozen water services, several of which have repeatedly frozen,” he said Tuesday, March 3.

Street crews have been battling busted pipes for weeks, including water main breaks on West Street, Lawn Avenue and West Dorm Drive on the SUNY Oneonta campus.

“It’s all related to cold weather,” said Greg. The combination of all these things, including snow plowing and removal, makes it extremely difficult to handle with limited staff. It is particularly hard on Department of Public

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Service employees, as they are involved in all of these events.”

A space heater next to metal pipes can help warm up a freeze, said Clancy.

For PVC pipes, a product called Liquid Fire can help clear a drain blocked by ice.

But you don’t have to go it alone, advises Greg. “The best advice the City can provide property owners is to contact their local plumber who would be most familiar with the characteristics of their plumbing,” he said.

If a problem occurs, property owners can also alert the City of Oneonta by calling DPS at 432-2100 or the Police Department at 432-1113.

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March 8 Noon to 4 pm

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Daylight Savings means one thing…

Our “Beat the Clock” SALE!

March 13-15, 2015 friday, March 13

7:00 pm—Youth Group with Keely Sawyer, Jeff Brown, and Erin Buel

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saturday, March 14

Sunday, March 8

5:00 pm—Covered Dish Potluck Dinner with Keynote Speaker Grace Fabian

sunday, March 15

9:15 am—Discipleship Hour with Keely Sawyer, Charles & Jenny Brett, and Fred Farrokh.

10:30 pm—Worship Service …featuring Grace Fabian Grace has served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Mexico and for 35 years in Papua New Guinea.

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The GoveRNoR

His 2015-2016 Executive Budget proposals are wrong for SUNY, wrong for students and wrong for New York: • A cut of $1.3 million to SUNY’s successful Educational Opportunity Programs; • Plans to close teacher prep programs based on invalid test scores from flawed SED-imposed teacher certification exams;

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• A performance-based funding scheme that pits campuses against each other for funding and curtails access for high-needs and under-resourced students.

All while students are paying more than 60 percent of SUNY’s operating costs as the governor continues to disinvest in public higher ed. This is unacceptable.

Call 1-888-438-3921 and tell your legislators:

Do What’s Right for SUNY. Do What’s Right for Students.

United University Professions President Frederick E. Kowal, Ph.D.

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A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

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MLS#95721 $169,000 Low Taxes and Great Views of Otsego Lake! Ranch (double-wide) offers nice flow from kitchen into DR/LR. 3 BRs, 2 baths, full walk-out basement, garage w/ small office. Lake use at Springfield Public Landing.

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MLS#97854 $85,000 Rental Investment/First Home/Retirement Home Cozy 3-BR, 1-bath home w/open floorplan, covered porch, attached 2-car garage. Easy commute to Cooperstown, Edmeston, Richfield Springs.

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MLS#97997 $149,000 Great Opportunity! Storefront and 3 apartments plus efficiency, and single-family house in back.

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MLS#94912 $149,900 63.2 Acres in Delaware County – Nice mix of open and wooded w/views. Over 3,464 ft of road frontage!

Build that dream house, develop, use for recreation.

Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#96292 $99,900 4-BR, 1½ bath home in Oneonta’s east end has large kitchen, sun porch, fenced backyard. Huge master BR w/2 closets and its own balcony. Oversized garage.

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MLS#98242 $169,900 Beautiful Ranch in Delhi Close to SUNY Delhi. 2-BR, 1-bath, home has garage, deck, and DR w/woodstove.

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MLS#97217 $47,900 4,600 Sq Ft Warehouse ½ is insulated and heated.

Tractor trailer entrance, commercially zoned, 3-sided access. 8,000 sq ft parking. Close to Routes 28 and 20.

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MLS#95771 $379,000 112 acres in Meredith – Nice mix of woods, fields, w/views, pond! 2-3 BR house and garage w/heat, water, electric, and workshop! Will sell w/less land.

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MLS#93729 $111,500 Across from Hartwick College in Oneonta, this home features 3 BRs, 2 baths, hardwood floors, deck.

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MLS#93004 $224,900 Huge Value! 25-acre horse farm w/heated Morton barn w/living quarters in Morris. Also 3-BR, 2-bath, ranch, riding arenas, fenced pastures.

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MLS#98184 $250,000 Farmhouse on 38+ Acres! 7 BRs, 2 baths, 3 ponds, trout stream, 2-story barn. Great views! Could be a B&B or a hunting lodge.

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MLS#95274 $124,900 Charming Otsego County Farmhouse w/large barn! 2-story home w/4+ BRs, 2 baths, and pond on 13+ acres. Great restoration potential.

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MLS#95520 $225,000 Own 67 Acres with an Updated Farmhouse!

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MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#97599 $134,000 Too many upgrades! 3-BR, 2-bath farmhouse on Spacious1 4acre BR,of2 bath house closeroof, to I-88.

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MLS#94579 $59,000 Cherry Valley Hunters’ Paradise! 28 acres along County Highway 32. Wooded, great views. Great for building!

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MLS#97482 $68,500 Built in 1799 as the Stanley School, this home is totally renovated w/taxes under $1,000. Ideal starter or getaway home. Cherry Valley Schools.

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Price Reduced! Beautifully constructed 2-family home w/magnificent views. Built in 2008, this home features 8 BRs and 4½ baths.

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MLS#98013 $104,888 New Furnace, Same Great Price! Looking for privacy yet close to town? Come take a look at this Cooperstown home. Seller pays closing costs (up 3-BR, 2-bathVillage home w/many upgrades. to Call$3,000 Donnaw/acceptable A. Andersonoffer). @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

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