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First Round Of Summer Programming Announced an aquatics program for you. The YMCA, which took over the City of Oneonta’s recreation programs last December, announced its first rounds of summer program-
Y members, but anyone can sign up for this,” said Kristy Lawson, operations manager for the YMCA. “You just have to be able to swim 25 yards freestyle and backstroke.” The Y will still offer swimming Please See YMCA, A7
ming this week, including synchronized swimming, swim lessons and a swim at the Briggs Pool in Wilber Park. “We’ve offered the synchronized swimming before to
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hree newcomers and three incumbents will vie for three vacancies on the Oneonta City School District Board of Education in the May 20 election. The newcomers are Amy Burnsworth, Dan Butterman and Evelina Richardson. The incumbents are Karen A. Brown, Darren Gaisford and George F. Palladino. The deadline for filing was Wednesday, April 30. PLAY BALL: The Minor League fields next to Doc Knapp Field, not Knapp field itself, have been officially named Richard Murphy Field in honor of the long-time Community Bank team coach, who will retire after this season. FIELDS READY: All city parks playing fields are playable and open for public use, the Parks Department announced. Casual users must make way for groups with permits. Also, please don’t use the fields when they are muddy. SEEK GRANTS: United Way of Delaware and Otsego Counties is offering a grantwriting workshop 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, May 13, at First UM, 66 Chestnut. Register by noon, May 9, at 432-8006. ACT NOW: The last day that the City of Oneonta will pick up brush and bags at the curb is Friday, May 16.
The Patriot hands out American flags to Tyler Grace, PJ Grace, Eric Burton, Benjamin Schallert, all of Oneonta, and Justin Stewart, Bovina. Former City Clerk Jim Koury, now a WWE organizer, holds a proclamation from Mayor Dick Miller proclaiming May 3rd Rumble on the Mound day in Oneonta. Koury has plans for a repeat next year.
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Lucas Wust, Edmeston, in yellow, had a V.I.P seat for the opening brawl between Kenny Bengal and The Game Changer, which opened the “Rumble on the Mound” WWE event at Damaschke Field Saturday, May 3.
t looks like Otsego County may soon be ready to fully participate in Governor Cuomo’s plan to use higher education to attract new business and industry to revive Upstate New York’s long-flagging economy. SUNY Oneonta has identified six sites, and Hartwick College, a seventh – and the biggest: 24 level acres atop Oyaron Hill – that would qualify for the program. Sites identified Lewis in SUNY’s application include “the Susquehanna Regional Business Center for Entrepreneurship” on the fifth floor of 189 Main St., where the county’s “single point of contact” Sandy Mathes moved the county IDA (Industrial Development Agency) as of Monday, May 5. The center for entrepreneurship is envisioned as a collaboration Please See START-UP, A8
SUNY To Duplicate Chobani’s Soho Yogurt Bar By LIBBY CUDMORE
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omegranate and carmelized onion. Zucchini with pesto and tomato. Peanut butter and jelly. You won’t find these Chobani flavors at the grocery store, but come Monday, Aug. 25, and the start of SUNY Oneonta’s next school year, you will be able to find them
– and whatever other flavors you can dream up – at Seasons Café Fitzelle Hall. “It’s a new concept they started at the Chobani Store in SOHO,” said Diane Williams, executive director of SUNY’s auxiliary services. “You pick your yogurt, then mix in sweet and savory to make your own creation.” Seasons Café is another piece in SUNY’s Please See YOGURT, A7
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HOMETOWN People FABULOUS FRIDAYS MAKE DELICIOUS RETURN TO DOWNTOWN Decisions, decisions! Claire Smith, Oneonta, tries to help Barbara Brandt, also of Oneonta, pick out her prize in the first round of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s Cake Walk as part of the first Fabulous First Friday, May 2.
Elizabeth Schantz Takes Hartwick Photography Prize
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Keller Williams Realty, the largest national real estate franchise with over 700 branches nationwide, has opened its newest branch at 31 Main St. in Oneonta. From left, Daryl Schwartz, Nancy Scanlon, Barb Kershan, Cheryl Hays, Carol Green, Stacey Camilleri, Scot Wentworth, Barb Youngs, Bob Scanlon, Mauren Hansen, Stacey Frazier, Barb Roberts, Joan Fox, Maria Graham and James Fernandez.
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hat can economic development councils and state government do to help Otsego County’s communities achieve vibrant futures? To find the answer, more than 80 people – municipal officials, school superintendents and business leaders – gathered at the Foothills Performing Arts Center Tuesday, May 5. The first session featured Dede Scozzafava, New York deputy secretary of state for local government. In the second, Carolyn Lewis, SUNY Oneonta economic-development coordinator, and Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane talked about the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic De-
velopment Commission. Both are members. According to DOS’ Mark Pattison, director of local government Scozzafava services and former Troy mayor, local governments are challenged to maintain local identity while still delivering services. Ways of doing this may include consolidation or dissolution of municipalities or of school, fire or library districts. Shared services is another possible route. DOS grants are available to study these options, he said, and cited four received by Otsego County governments so far: • Otsego County government has received two
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He elaborated. “There is a mental block to small rural counties not on the I-90 corridor. We don’t meet a lot of the criteria for grants even though we need them. There is a population outside the urban areas of the state.” County Treasurer Dan Crowell had a more positive take on the DOS presentation: “Good things are Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal emerging – creative soluMilford School Superintendent Peter Livshin, left, questions the value of tions balanced by insights DOS aid received so far. Listening at right are, from left, Jamie Reynolds, into the challenges of impleNBT Bank regional executive and Oneonta school board chair; ARC Sales Manager Kevin Scott; Atty. Andrew Stammel, an Oneonta Town Board mem- mentation,” he said. County Board Chair ber, and Lamont Engineerings’ Jody Serowski (Lamont Engineering). Back Kathy Clark, R-Otego, floatright is Springfield Town Supervisor Bill Elsey. ed ideas of her own, seeing possible benefits of merger grants –$36,000 for a • The Milford and Lausaved $97,000. in the Office of the Aging: highway asset management rens central school districts • The Village of Cherry “Why do we need a dietitian program and another to dereceived a grant to expand Valley received a $22,770 for every county?” The hard sign an emergency services the Career Opportunities in grant to identify issues, part is changing telecommunications system. Rural Education Initiative costs and benefits mindsets, she The first grant should sav(CORE) to create a consoli- of village governsaid. ings $12,600; the second, dated Biomedical Science ment dissolution At the ses$347,000. Curriculum. The $36,299 and consolidation sions’ end, with the town. DOS commuDespite the nity coordinator many opportuniLynne Mahoney ties presented by was identified as the DOS, a degree the contact. She of frustration with may be reached obtaining grants at Lynne-Mawas expressed by honey@dos.exec. some in attengov. dance. The event “The DOS was sponsored County Rep. Ed is more of an by the Bank of impediment than Lentz, D-GarCooperstown rattsville, forea help,” stated and organize by ground, and Milford Central the pro-business county TreasurSchool District groups GO-EDC er Dan Crowell Superintendent and Citizen ponder what Peter Livshin. they’re hearing. Voices.
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Chilling Testimony To Heroin Task Force Brings Crisis Home
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ithin hours of hosting the Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction Monday, April 28, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, sent in the firefighters. Thursday, May 1, he announced an overdose-prevention training class for a few days later, Wednesday, May 7, at Fox Hospital. Free and open to the public, the session aimed to train people to administer Naxolone or Narcan, which can revive people in the throes of overdosing. • This is not theoretical, as was dramatized in the task force’s local hearing, where Deb France of Oneonta bravely shared the story of her son, Jeremy, who became hooked on heroin after a dentist prescribed a painkiller on pulling the boy’s wisdom teeth. Jeremy was jailed for theft at 18, attempted suicide, was committed to a psychiatric ward and underwent rehab twice. “He’s a heroin addict; cut him loose,” his parents were told, but they could not. Nonetheless, on April 13, 2012, a week after his 23rd birthday, “one month after he got out of jail and one week after his 23rd birthday, my son successfully committed suicide,” Mrs. France reported. The audience at the hearing gasped as one. And who, reading reporter Libby Cudmore’s account, didn’t feel a sharp pang of sympathy for the family’s loss
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As Senator Seward listens intently, Justin Thalheimer, Otsego County Chemical Dependency program manager, voices his concerns at heroin’s local inroads.
and admiration for Mrs. France’s sharing of a story that needs to be told? As with Mrs. France, so with Milea Buffo, a young woman whose Oxycodone prescription led to addiction. These brave citizens deserve everyone’s commendation for sharing their stories, for personalizing a scary problem we want to objectify and file away. • Yet, the arrival of heroin among us, a wolf among the one-time innocents, has been an increasing part of the public consciousness since county Judge Brian Burns raised the alarm to a surprised gathering of well-wishers at his last swearing-in. Heroin, he said on New Year’s Day 2011 in sedate Courtroom #1 of the county courthouse, “is going to be the biggest problem in the next 10 years.” Regrettably, he was right. Barely two or three weeks go
by without significant busts and arrests. District Attorney John Muehl and county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., have been vigorously attacking the heartless peddling of an enslaving substance. As chilling as Mrs. France and Ms. Buffo’s accounts to the task force was Devlin’s, who said 60 percent of his inmates in the county jail are addicted to something. And he has no money or programs to help them combat it. • This problem is not confined to our Otsego County. The wolf is ranging the nation. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has reported 11 year-to-year increases in drug-overdose deaths, from 4,030 in 1999 to 38,329, almost 10 times greater. This is not progress. In March, President Obama, as is his tendency in everything, called for a “balanced approach” to combating the scourge. “By boosting community-based prevention, expanding treatment, strengthening law enforcement and working collaboratively with our global partners, we will reduce drug use and the great damage it causes our communities.” That kind of even-handed language from our no-drama president belies the urgency of the problem. People are dying by the tens of thousands annually, and their families irremediably stricken. With a trillion dollars spent since 1972 on the so-called War on Drugs, we yearn for a Leader-In-
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n raising the national alarm on heroin March 10, Attorney General Eric Holder referred people to an award-winning documentary, “The Opiate Effect.” To view, follow the link from WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Chief to rally us to a cause. But, regrettably, it’s not to be. • We’re all adults here. We can’t wait for Washington to come around. We must do what we can. Senator Seward’s prompt scheduling of the Noxolone/Narcan training session shows the right kind of urgency: If a house is on fire, you send the fire truck. As an example to others, he planned to undergo the training himself. It’s emerging that too many people walk out of emergency rooms – and, it seems, dental offices – with an Rx for so-called opioids and an insufficient understanding of their dangers. Doctors, nurses and – judging from the local testimony – dentists should be sure they are taking the necessary time to instruct their patients. And if two or three pills will suffice, don’t prescribe six or eight. The Seward task force, the senator said in an interview, is taking it further. It plans to have a comprehensive proposal ready to be introduced when the state Legislature goes back into session June 1, with the goal of enactment by the end the session, which may wrap up by the month’s end. Hearing Devlin’s testimony,
Seward concluded “we just can’t arrest our way through this problem.” Treatment needs to be available in jail. Drug courts – Judge Burns has pioneered them locally – may have to be expanded. Now, only suspects charged with felonies can participate; perhaps that should be lowered to include misdemeanors, Seward said. As chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee, Seward has been troubled by stories of parents bringing sons and daughters to rehab centers, only to be told their insurance doesn’t cover residential treatment; they are referred back to less-expensive (and less-intense) outpatient counseling. Physicians should be determining the intensity of treatment, not an actuary back at headquarters. • It sounds like the Seward task force intends to take the problem apart and go after the pieces one by one, a very promising approach. Judge Burns is on the job. And Muehl and Devlin are too, seeking to pinch off the suppliers ferrying back and forth from New York City one by one. With both parents working these days, children are often left alone evenings at a time, and mischief can result. Please, parents, hold your children close. Society can solve problems. Everyone wears seatbelts. Smoking is in decline. With focus and determination, we can push the wolf, farther ever farther, back into the woods. Everyone has a role; let’s each of us play ours.
WILLIAM F. STRECK, M.D., ‘Guide On An Amazing Journey’ Editor’s Notes: Bassett Healthcare Vice President/COO Bertine McKenna delivered these remarks in praise of Dr. Bill Streck Friday, May 2, in at the packed Otesaga ballroom, where the retiring 30-year president/CEO of the nine-county system was addressing The Friends of Bassett for the last time. Streck is retiring July 1.
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recently spoke with a reporter developing a story on Dr. Streck. She had already spoken with several people and seemed exhausted from all the accolades she had heard and the amount of work in front of her to sort through his contributions. There’s the health network he’s built over 5,000 square miles, the Columbia-Bassett Medical School Program, a partnership with area colleges to address the nursing shortage, health plans he’s developed, the Bassett Heart Care Institute, a medical staff of over 400, and he has led Bassett to its current position as number 48 among the top 100 integrated health care networks in the country – just to name a few. The list is endless. Then the reporter asked me something very important. She asked for one unique thing I would leave her with about Dr. Streck. I realized the most important point hadn’t been fully explained yet. I said to her, “We all know what he has done for the people and health care in this region. But
special fact about their life.” With an amazingly robust sense of humor, quick wit and great humanity, he has brought out the best in each of us. He created an organization whose very name has a beating heart. By deciding “this would be good for Bassett or this would not be good for Bassett,” he inspired people to recalibrate their approach and to work together to make this living, breathing organism called Bassett successful. When things don’t go perfectly, he has always been the first to listen, understand and move forward. When things go perfectly, he praises others. When things are mundane, he creates a lively conversation and inspires us to think differently. When we have had to change dramatically, and didn’t necessarily want to, he created the Petri dish for us to jump in and grow. So the accolades must include recognition of the fact that Dr. Streck has guided over 3,000 people on an amazing journey that was his vision for the network we are today. He has done this as a compassionate, Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTAl smart and understanding leader who loves Bill Streck acknowledges one of several standing ovations he received to laugh, to work and to make sure the peowhen speaking to the Friends of Bassett for the last time Friday, May 2. ple who come to work every day know that Streck, Bassett president/CEO for 30 years, is retiring July 1. he understands their value. That’s who he is as a leader, as a man and as a visionary. perhaps what people don’t fully appreciate they need to improve. He understands we He loves Bassett and he loves its people, is that he is a unique leader of people. He all have our individual attributes. He knows and that won’t stop when he walks out the knows those who work with him very well. how each person brings value to the work He knows their strengths and the things place, and he often knows their family and a door on the last day of his 30-year tenure.
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In Discharging Patient, Otsego Manor Falls Short To the Editor: I think the public should be made aware of the dangerous inadequacy of The Manor’s discharge practices. Recently, an extremely elderly patient, ambulatory with only a walker, was discharged to the conditions shown in the forwarded pictures. A complaint to the Director of The Manor received no reply. The State Department of Health refused to investigate beyond stating that the “documentation” was in place. Both The Manor and the state Health Department, charged with responsibility, refuse discussion and take refuge behind supposed “privacy” considerations, but to my A patient was discharged to this home certain knowledge no formal assessin disarray, Dr. Whelan says. ment of this patient’s competence was
undertaken, and no assessment of her home was made at the time of discharge. She was simply placed in the lobby at 10 a.m. and a neighbor, who had refused further responsibility, was contacted to come and get her. The neighbor was told that her bed had been given away. The Manor is obliged to discharge patients to a safe environment, whether or not the patient is entirely realistic or unrealistic as to what that constitutes. This was a miserable failure of administrative responsibility, and should be addressed with investigation and oversight. MARY ANNE WHELAN, MD Cooperstown
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EYE ON THE WEATHER 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.
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The Arbor Day exercises in Oneonta were of a very interesting nature. At the school grounds on Academy Street the program included a prayer by the Rev. A.B. Coats, singing and recitations by the school children, and remarks by principal Bull. The members of the school board were present and also a large number of spectators. An oak tree some three inches in diameter was planted, and when it came to voting for the favorite tree the preference was largely in favor of the oak. At Morris Park, near the upper reservoir, mainly through the efforts of George I. Wilber upward of 200 trees were planted and the number has since been increased to 350. Altogether, Arbor Day’s first observance in Oneonta may be said to have been entirely successful. May 1889
100 Years Ago
The black mare belonging to J.J. Mitchell was killed and a cutter, harness, and other things burned as well as the building gutted when a fire of unknown origin started in the hay in the barn of Mrs. Caroline Hayes of 29 Church Street, Oneonta, at about 7:45 Thursday evening. Mr. Mitchell himself is the last person who is known to have been in the building and he left it at 7 o’clock after caring for the horse. At that time there was no evidence of a smoldering fire. The blaze was discovered by Harry Lance of 17 Cherry Street, who was skipping rope on his street. He saw the flames creeping from the corner of the barn nearest the corner of Church and Franklin. He ran to Alarm Box 44 and called the department, and then ran to warn Mrs. Hayes. Together they informed Mr. Mitchell who lives at the side and back of the barn on Franklin Street. A wagon was removed from the barn but efforts were vain to save the horse. May 1914
80 Years Ago
“Experiences of an American Citizen” was the topic of an address given to members of Ad theA3 Lions Club lastBW COB 77584 DIL — 5.4”w x 10”h,
night by Harry Lambros, co-proprietor of the Diana-Sweets. In a humorous vein, Mr. Lambros told the club members that he arrived at Ellis Island from Greece about 31 years ago. He stated that the immigration authorities marked him to be returned to the old country, but an uncle in Jamestown wired that he would accept responsibility for his nephew. Other wires were received from the mayor and chief of police of Jamestown. Mr. Lambros related that he was held at Ellis Island for seven days, but he finally secured his release and took a ferry for Jersey City where he boarded an Erie railroad coach at 11 a.m. and was the only occupant when the train moved 12 hours later. Harry said that every time the train stopped he was under the impression he had arrived at Jamestown and would show his ticket to the conductor. Several times he attempted to leave the train, but was restrained by the conductor. Finally, upon arriving in Jamestown, there was no one at the station to meet him, his uncle having given up after meeting all the trains for a week. However, a policeman, who was on the lookout for the young immigrant thanks to Harry’s uncle, took him in charge. May 1934
60 Years Ago
J. Edgar Hoover celebrates his 30th anniversary as director of the FBI. He is one of the two longest-serving bureau chiefs in government. How much he is respected was evidenced last week when his name came up in the McCarthy-Stevens hearings. All sides joined to protect his name and status although they quarreled about almost everything else. This man has achieved a unique position in American life, above politics, and without advantage to self. He might have developed during war years, an expansion of his organization both as to power and personnel that could have grown into a national police force of enormous dimensions. This he avoided, despite encouragement from many sources, on the grounds that policing must remain
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40 Years Ago
Daniel Klepak’s unfavorable review of driver education in secondary schools throughout the state has raised the ire of many area school administrators who feel that the programs should be retained in their entirety within a school setting. Klepak, who is director of the New York State Office of Education Performance Review, issued a report suggesting driver education is an unnecessarily expensive, overrated area of high school education. Klepak makes no secret of his disdain for driver education. During a lecture last week at SUCO, Klepak said “driver education has about as much social benefit as picking your nose.” Cost per pupil data collected by Klepak from 67 districts show a range from $49 to $362 per student driver. Otsego County districts averaged $170 and Delaware County districts $173. May 1974
20 Years Ago
The closing of the Bresee’s store on Oneonta’s Main Street marks the end of one era and the beginning of another. Bresee’s 94-year history in the city and its many contributions and associated memories will not soon be forgotten. But now, Oneonta enters a new stage in the evolution of downtown. Like all downtowns, Oneonta has experienced previous spasms of change, from a rural commercial center to a railroad city to a center for education and health-related services. Oneonta will adapt again. May 1994
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A springtime surge in hiring rumbled into a second month as employers added nearly 300,000 new jobs in April, lowering the unemployment rate to 5.6 percent. May 2004
Average Maximum Temperature........................................55.5° F Average Minimum Temperature........................................30.2° F Monthly Mean Temperature..............................................42.9° F Precipitation Total...................................................................3.13″ Most Precipitation in One Day...............................1.57” (April 16) Thunderstorms...............................................................................0 Snow...........................................................................................2.9″ Most Snow in One Day............................................2.9″ ( April 16 ) YTD Precipitation.....................................................................11.1” Number of Days at or below 0°F..........................0 (20 for 2014 ) Number of Days at or below 32°F....................21 (108 for 2014) Comments: I’m sure it comes as no great surprise, but April was cooler than normal. As we reach the halfway mark of spring, I’m sure you found the temperatures during April much more tolerable, (even though they averaged 1.6 below normal). The monthly mean temperatures for the first four months of 2014 have all been below normal, (January 5.2, February 4.3, and March 7.9), so 1.6 was barely noticeable! Precipitation was right on mark once again with 3.13 inches which is just a scant .15 inches below the norm. In fact, the precipitation total for 2014 is 11.10 inches which is just .28 inches shy of the norm of 11.38 inches. Let’s close the books on the winter of 201314: We know it was brutally cold and windy with near normal precipitation and slightly snowier than normal with 88.8 inches of snow, just 9 inches above the norm. As we enter May and June our thoughts turn to outdoor activities. We need to be aware that this is time of year when most all of the United States experiences it most severe weather. As temperatures warm rapidly and humidity increases significantly in the southern part of the U.S., the warm and humid air mass rushes northward at times and it often collides with drastically cooler and drier air pushing south and easterly. When these two forces meet significant uplifting and instability occurs, creating favorable conditions for thunderstorm development. As thunderstorms develop some may turn severe if there is enough moisture, instability and lift in the upper levels of the atmosphere. If these conditions continue for a long enough period of time we can see the development of super-cell, multi-cellular clusters, and bow echo systems. With any of these storm types, if there is enough uplift and down draft, rotation can occur and funnel clouds and tornadoes can spawn in a matter of minutes. The U.S. experiences more tornadoes during May and June than any other two-month period. We do not need to live in fear of the weather but it is wise for one to listen to forecasts often, heed watches and warnings when they are issued and take them seriously. Have a plan for your family in place so that you are prepared if and when severe weather strikes your area. Have respect for and learn the safety rules for lightning, flash flooding, wind, and hail, a few hours spent on education and preparedness will go a long way to keep you and your loved ones safe. Happy Spring, let’s get outside and enjoy the weather! And as always, keep your eye on the weather!
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Polite Crews Help Smooth Construction To the Editor: As an employee at Mickey’s Place, situated on the north side of Main Street, Cooperstown, I have been witnessing first hand the sidewalk renovation project. I have been extremely impressed with the courtesy, professionalism and cooperation shown by the construction crew. They have kept the owner and manager of our store informed of their progress and have gone out of their way to make sure customers can access our store. Visitors to our store during the busy two week spring break period were quick to make positive comments on the progress they were seeing on Main Street. In this day and age when people are quick to criticize and slow to praise, I wanted to take a moment to thank the construction crew and acknowledge the hard work and vision of our mayor and Village Board. I’m looking forward to the beautiful results! VICKI GATES Cooperstown
Start-Up NY Changes Conversation To the Editor: LETTERS Tuesday, April 29, I attended a presentation and against our established discussion at Hartwick Colbusinesses. Considering the lege about the new Start-Up 10-year expiration on the NY program. This program “tax free zones,” and that is advertised as an energizer the land Hartwick College to Upstate economies by may use in this program is encouraging partnerships not currently generating any between SUNY campuses taxes, this program ultimateor private colleges and new ly creates new tax-generatbusinesses with “tax free ing space. zones.” Furthermore, a condition The institution essentially for approval is the partnerprovides the land space, ship must deliver new jobs the company brings a new within the first year, and enterprise not currently in may not directly compete the area, and the company with already established operates mostly state taxlocal businesses. This free for 10 years. Success protects the existing workof a partnership could stimuplaces, and the job growth late local economies while is not net creation, or even simultaneously enhancing relocated from another academic experience. region, but jobs that did not No matter our orientation exist anywhere before the on the issue, we seem to partnership. unanimously agree that ecoThis means that within nomic development needs one year of launching a creative ideas. We have two partnership we will have colleges that graduate nearly more jobs and more money 2,000 students each year, yet spent locally than without we can only employ a fracthis program. tion of them. No single idea It is also worth noting the or action will keep the mainteresting condition that jority of those graduates, but prospective partners must small bites of retention are align in some way with the within reach, and Hartwick host institution’s academic College’s eagerness to be mission. This is not about a part of Startup New York planting businesses Upstate, deserves notice. but building sustainable One may feel that this relationships that produce program, with its no-tax New York goods and highly incentive to new ventures, sought-after New York colcreates an unfair advantage
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t’s film. It’s a Q&A with the film’s producer. In between, it’s a performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” by singers who simply want to participate. (E-mail tarr.wager@gmail.com or ashleywalt@ hotmail.com by week’s end.) This evening of activity, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, will benefit the Cooperstown Food Pantry renovations, where Knull and many of the other organizers are volunteers. “It” is the regional premiere of “Following the Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony,” a new film by Kerry Candaele that documents the impact of “Ode To Joy” performances worldwide, from Tiananmen Square to the Berlin Wall. Bill Moyers called it “beautiful and powerful.”
The co-producer who will be taking questions is Greg Mitchell, a journalist who co-wrote the script with Candaele. “Even without its political message (all men will become brothers) the Ninth would still be an incredible piece of music,” he said. For the live performance, which will follow the film (and precede the Q&A), has recruited Fideliz Chavez of Hartwick College as music director. The voices, so far, include members of the Catskill Choral Society, Ah! Coopella, Voices of Cooperstown, church choirs and students from local school choruses. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for teens and college students. Patron tickets ($40 for one, $75 for two) include a post-event reception with Mitchell at Cooperstown Distillery. Tickets available in Oneonta at the Green Earth and at the door.
lege graduates. Hartwick College’s President Margaret Drugovich has not just identified areas of potential alignment (from agriculture to healthcare records management), but she has already submitted an application to designate space for future partnerships. This is important, because there is limited space available for private institutions, therefore limited time to get going. Essentially, Hartwick College is telling prospective partners, “We’re ready!” President Drugovich’s leadership means Hartwick College is ahead of its peers and poised to raise the caliber of its institution and our community. Start-Up NY has changed the discussion on economic development in rural New York and Hartwick College’s vision and leadership is giving us much to look forward to. Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta have long been significant wheels in the machine of our local economy, but with Start-Up NY they can accelerate and drive our economy to new speeds – let’s make sure the other wheels are ready to turn with them. DANIEL BUTTERMAN Oneonta
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When SUNY Students Return In August They’ll Find Chobani’s Soho Bar Here YOGURT/From A1 commitment to sustainability, featuring seasonal produce, meats, honey and syrup from throughout Upstate New York. “The menu will rotate according to growth season,” said Williams. “We’ll even have coffee from Stagecoach in Cooperstown.” But it’s not just the students who are eating better – local pigs are bellying up to the trough for fine cuisine, courtesy of Sodexo. “All our vegetable trimmings, fruit, leftover pizza, pasta and bread go into special bins destined for local pig farms,” said Jimmy Hamm, Sodexo general manager. “It saves the farms money on feed and puts less waste into the landfill.” It’s all “pre-consumer” waste product, meaning that none of it has been put in front of customers, and no meat is going into the bins. Even so, SUNY’s dining hall is donating 2-3 tons of food waste a month.
Currently, the trimmings are going to a private farm in Andes, but starting this fall, scraps will also go to Stone & Thistle Farm in East Meredith. “We hope later to purchase some of those hogs back for dining services,” he said. “It’s the circle of life.” SUNY is also participating in Sodexo’s Lean Path program, which trains employees to minimize pre-consumer food waste with better menu choices and more precise preparation techniques. “If we’ve cutting broccoli for the salad bar, we’ll see if we can use the leftover pieces for a broccoli cheese soup,” he said. “When we cut cantaloupe, we cut closer to the rind so we get more of the fruit.” And the training has already started to pay off. “When we started in August, we were wasting 4.4 cents per customer,” he said. “In less than a year, we’ve slashed that in half.”
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and make the services available.” “It’s working out really well,” said Dave Rissberger, Third Ward Common Council member and liaison to Parks & Rec. In addition to the pool programs, the Y also took over the Neahwa park dropin play programs the city ran. “It used to be drop-off, supervised play, but we wanted to do something different,” said Lawson. Rather than just a freefor-all, the Y developed two programs, one morning and one afternoon, which feature games, crafts, swimming and more. “In the morning, we’ll be in Neahwa Park for group games, arts and crafts and fitness, get kids moving, get them, having fun,” said Lawson. On Monday, Wednesday
and Friday afternoons, kids can go to Wilber Park in the afternoon for a 45 minute swim, a hike to the pavilion and nature-themed crafts based on a weekly theme. “It’s a different concept than has been done before,” said Lawson. “It should be fun for them.” The YMCA is also currently working with the city to start a T-ball program for kids 4-7 years old. “It fills a nice niche,” said Rissberger. “Right now, our T-ball program starts at 7, but there’s nothing for younger kids to do.” The Y is also in talks to provide an after-school program with county schools. “It shows that we’re able to work outside our four walls,” said Lawson. “We want to help out our community.”
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From Oyaron Hill To Entrepreneurship Center START-UP/From A1 between the IDA, SUNY and Hartwick, according to Carolyn Lewis, SUNY Oneonta’s economic developer in President Nancy Kleniewski’s office. But even if those discussions were to fall through, the tax breaks would still apply to the fifth floor and the IDA could use them for other ecdev ventures, she said. SUNY’s other five sites include 152 Corporate Drive in the Pony Farm Industrial Park, where ultracapicatormaker Ioxus announced it is adding a 30-job production line. Depending on the timing, Ioxus may be able to take advantage of Start-Up NY enticements, or it may use other ec-dev benefits instead, Lewis said.
A particular intriguing site on SUNY’s list is a former fallout shelter behind the Oneonta Job Corps (the former Homer Folks TB hospital on West Street.) Lewis envisions the bunker as ideal for a homeland-security or cyber-security use, given that there’s a communications tower on the property. SUNY’s three other sites are that former apartment house at the top of Clinton Street, a vacant, small SUNY-owned parcel on West Street, and a multi-colored former single-family home the college owns at 5 Normal Ave., next to the Old Main Apartments. Margaret Arthurs, Hartwick’s director of Corporate, Foundation & Government
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Miller: Entrepreneurship Center ‘Exciting’ neonta’s Mayor Dick Miller called the proposed “Susquehanna Regional Business Center for Entrepreneurship� to be “very exciting� and “a very significant new development� when details emerged in SUNY Oneonta’s Start-Up NY application. “It’s a pebble in the pond,� he said, an opportunity for the community at large and the colleges, too. “We’ve been talking with both colleges since I’ve been mayor about having some sort of presence downtown,� said Miller, himself a former Hartwick College president who was elected mayor in 2010. “A presence that would not cost them anything, but would be available to student, faculty and staff to facilitate their work.� The mayor has brought together the Oneonta Alliance, harnessing a range of business leaders to promote economic development, and he said the SUNY and Hartwick College initiatives “are completely consistent with everything we’re doing at the alliance.�
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A-9 152 CORPORATE DRIVE – Ioxus is moving into the site in Pony Farm Industrial Park.
ATOP OYARON HILL – Hartwick College is offering 24 flat acres with municipal water, electrical and views of the Catskills. 108 CLINTON ST. – Former 189 MAIN ST., Fifth Floor apart– IDA offices may house ment the Susquehanna Regioncomal Business Center for plex. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Incubation.
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SUNY Planners See Arts, Environment, Health As Areas Of Collaboration With Business START-UP/From A8 unprecedented tax breaks: The sites are 100-percent tax free for 10 years. As www.startup.ny.gov puts it, “no income tax, no business or corporate state or local taxes, no sales tax, no property tax, no franchise fees.” “Businesses will have access to resources of worldclass higher education institutions, including industry experts and advanced research laboratories,” it continues. Lewis, and Colleen Brannan, Kleniewski’s chief of staff, agreed that given SUNY Oneonta is “a comprehensive college,” ing brat ar Cele 4th ye4 2 1 our 990-20 1
it should have access to a much broader range of potential businesses. The planning group asked itself, “what could we put out there that would make SUNY Oneonta unique?” Lewis said. In arts and culture, could the fashion, music industry, arts & theater programs, and the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, bring in haute couture, sound studios or set-design enterprises? Could the Biological Field Station, with the only lakes-management masters in the country, bring in concerns interested in
environmental mitigation, water-filtration technologies or halting invasive species? Could the combination of the college’s health-science programs, in connection with Fox and Bassett hospitals, Springbrook and Pathfinder Village, help spawn health-related businesses. SUNY Oneonta graduates 60-70 biology majors annually, Lewis said. Arthurs pointed out that Hartwick has a unique list of contacts: Its alumni, many of whom are in business in other parts of the country,
that might be interested in an investment related to their alma mater. The same would apply to SUNY. Lewis and Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller said they believe the property-tax breaks have been somewhat mitigated on 189 Main’s fifth floor and the Pony Farm site. But the mayor believes that’s a secondary issue regardless. “I don’t care where the new businesses are,” he said. “Property taxes will be given up first by almost any muncipality. If the activity
is in Oneonta, it is going to generate sales tax revenue, hotel and restaurant visits – those are all good things.” SUNY Oneonta – Cuomo had originally envisioned Start-Up NY as state-college focused – has received initial approval of its application, and is in the publiccomment period until May 25, when the plan will be forwarded to SUNY headquarters for final approval. Private colleges like
Hartwick are in the secondary cycle. Arthurs said Hartwick’s “pre-application” has been approved, and she is awaiting word on the next step to move the Oyaron site forward. However, there is a commitment to proceed: President Drugovich hosted a community breakfast Tuesday, April 29, where the college’s plan was detailed to local business leaders.
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MLS#93622 $119,000 unbelievable Price! Excellent Otego location for this spacious and bright 3 BR home on 2.94 quiet acres with pond and 2-car garage. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
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MLS#93992 $148,900 waterfront business opportunity! 5.38+/- acres, 300’ of frontage on Goodyear Lake. 4 BR, 1½ bath year-round home, 2-story barn w/concrete floor. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#93282 $215,000 totally Homeisisclose soldto furnished. 2-stall Spaciousrenovated! 4 BR, 2 bath house I-88. Large garage, older boat and motor, little maintenance. backyard, workshop/garage, small shed. Make your Call george (ROD) Sluyter appointment today. Priced@to315-520-6512 go this week! (cell) Virtual tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598 www.canadaragohomes1.com Virtual Tour:
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MLS#93990 $199,900 Location! Location! On Hwy 28 Milford. Endless business opportunities on the most direct route to Cooperstown. 2 lots, 2 buildings, paved parking. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#94059 $119,000 brand New house! 3 BRs, 2 baths, large barn and shed on ¾ acre lot. Nothing to do here but move into this lovely, attractively priced home! Low taxes. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#93985 $169,000 on utsayantha Lake in delaware County! 1 acre. Total high-quality remodel, including new addition! Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 cell Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/713998
MLS#94028 $89,000 harpersville duplex! 2 BRs, kitchen, LR, DR, laundry and bath in each unit. Hardwood floors, newer roof. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 cell Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/714230
MLS#93871 $197,000 New Construction! 2 BR chalet on 7 acres w/views in Jefferson! Wrap-around deck, walk-out basement. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
Location! Location! Location!—Close to elementary school, playground, pool and tennis courts. Spacious home features many updates: renovated baths, hardwood floors in office, kitchen and DR. 3 BRs, 2 baths, LR w/woodstove and family room w/brick fireplace. Office has sliding doors leading to multi-tiered deck, hot tub, pool and yard. 3-season sun porch, stream, shed, 1-car garage w/storage above, 2 paved driveways and room for additional parking. Invisible fencing for the family pet. This home has something for everyone, with plenty to offer. $179,900 MLS#92655
MLS#93140 $219,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) MLS#93104 $409,000 $3,600 weekly Income! 75’ on lake, sunset views, year-round house plus 2 cabins, game room. Cooperstown Village home.@Seller pays closing costs (up Call george (ROD) Sluyter 315-520-6512 (cell) to $3,000 w/acceptable offer). Virtual tour: www.canadaragohomes.com
MLS#92754 $210,000 reduced $55,000! Custom-built 2,000 sq ft home w/panoramic views. 4 BRs, 2 baths, open floorplan. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/704564
MLS#89644 $168,000 Catskill Mtn Mini-Farm! 6 acres, 2 barns, 2 ponds, heated garage, 4 BR farmhouse. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.jeffersonminifarm.com
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MLS#92293 $64,900 affordable home! Just outside Grand Gorge, everything the Catskills has to offer. Newer insulated windows and great storage in the basement. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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MLS#89409 $119,000 Incredible Price! New septic, leach, boiler and roof under 10 years. 2-car garage. Neat, clean, well built. Call george (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour2.com
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MLS#91135 $149,900 Lake view! Almost 8 acres, quality-built 3 BR, 2 bath home, 2-stall garage, pole barn, dry basement, privacy. Call george (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour3.com
MLS#92292 $187,000 beautifully renovated victorian! This 4-5 BR, 3 bath home is spacious and bright. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/701664
MLS#90328 $220,000 very Private home features 3BRs, 2 baths, 2-car garage, poured concrete foundation, full unfinished walk-out basement. 11+ acres, barn, outbuildings. Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#93004 $319,000 50+ acre horse Farm! with huge Morton Horse barn! 3 BRs, 2 bath ranch, riding arenas, fenced pastures. Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell) Virtual tour: www.morrishorsefarm.com
MLS#93758 otsego Lake house! Guest cottage, garage, offstreet parking, docks, gas storage, year-round home, summer home, rental home. Endless views. Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
$159,500 MLS#93925 Lizabeth Rose Broker/Owner
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Spacious Oneonta Home with Added Apartment!
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This home has had the HGTV makeover, tastefully done over from top to bottom, fresh paint, replacement windows, newer kitchen with skylight, new carpeting in LR and DR (2 months), bamboo flooring on stairway and 2nd floor. Main living area features 3 BRs, 1.5 baths PLUS there is large 1-BR apartment with separate utilities included. Totally move-in ready and priced to sell!
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(7863) Nicely kept 2-BR Arnold Lake ranch w/210' of private lakefront. Superlative touches include: sensational lake panorama, large LR w/fireplace, parquet flooring, garage w/finished loft, patio. Nice sea wall. Also a great rental history! Milford Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$329,500
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(7862) Picture-perfect historic 1840s Colonial on 80 acres. 4 BRs, 2+ baths, gracious LR, gas fireplace and designer decor. Formal DR w/access to stone front porch, custom kitchen w/ professional stove, double ovens, window seat, butler’s pantry. Custom closets and built-ins, wide pine plank flooring, heated 2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$799,000
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Perfect location in the hamlet of Fly Creek is a short walk to the General Store and restaurants! Built in 1840, this is a classic postand-beam home waiting for updates, and totally liveable during the renovation. 4 BRs, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen, DR, and double LR. Detached 2-car garage, paved driveway, spacious lawn w/over 200' on Route 26. There is a neighborhood feeling in this unique country setting. The land slopes down to and over, the creek, perfect for fishing and exploration. The current owners have lovingly maintained the family home and all mechanicals are in working order. If you are looking for an original style home in a bucolic setting then this is the home for you!
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