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Girl Scouts Elizabeth Serafin and Adelle Coe of Oneonta place a ceremonial wreath beneath the flag of the Merchant Marines during the city’s Memorial Day observance Monday, May 26, in Neahwa Park/MORE PHOTOS, A3
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UNY Oneonta anticipated it would take two days to giveaway a mountain of futons, rugs, clothing, appliances, electronics and other items collected from its first MoveOut Donation & Reuse Program. “They were gone in four hours,” said Hannah Morgan, the college’s sustainability coordinator. The material, left behind by departing students, was distributed to local charities, then opened to community members.
their first president. Chuck D’Imperio was waiting to see his sixth. D’Imperio, the veteran radio announcer – he’s been on Oneonta’s airwaves for more than a quarter-century – covered eight national political conventions, four Republican Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Please See MANY, A7 Chuck D’Imperio awaiting Obama arrival.
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Obama Visit Helps I City Tourism, Too Attracting tourists from abroad – one million a year by 2020 – will shift the balance of trade in our nation’s favor by $5 billion, President Obama told a gathering at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Thursday, May 22.
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BASEBALL FAN: SUNY Oneonta’s Bill Simons is a moderator By JIM KEVLIN at the National Baseball Hall of Fame 26th Annual COOPERSTOWN Symposium on Baseball & American Culture, underway o sooner had President Obama through Friday, May 30, in come and gone, then renewed Cooperstown. optimism about the possibiliGRANTS SOUGHT: City Hall and entities throughout Candidates the county preparing grants Amy Burnfor June 16, the next CFA sworth, right, deadline. The money is and Dan expected to be distributed Butterman, before fall’s Election Day. at podium,
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ties of tourism was heard, and not just in Cooperstown. “The name of Cooperstown brings people to the county,” said Ashley Camarata, sales manager at Oneonta’s Hampton Inn and a board member with the county’s newly privatized tourism-promotion effort, the Des-
tination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County. “Once they’re here, they find there’s much more to do.” Standing in the Doubleday Field parking lot as cheers could be heard from inside the field where the Hall of Fame Classic was being played, Hall Please See TOURISM, A7
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n just six weeks, the state Senate’s Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction has hosted 16 forums across New York State, including one organized by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, on April 28 in Oneonta, and it is ready to act. At 1 p.m. Seward Wednesday, May 28, in the state Capitol, the two dozen senators on the task force were scheduled to announce a package of 25 heroin-fighting bills, which they plan to have passed by the Republican state Senate by June 9. Support is being sought in the Democratic Assembly to turn the Senate initiative into law. “The problem is everywhere,” said Seward. “All over the state. Small towns, rural areas as well as big cities. It’s going to take a Please See SCOURGE,A7
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Burnsworth, Butterman ‘Ready To Roll’ 2 New School Board Members Look Forward To Takings Seats In July By LIBBY CUDMORE
were elected Tuesday, May 20, to the Oneonta City school board.
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hey bring different skill sets to the Oneonta City school board, but Amy Burnsworth and Daniel Butterman can both agree: All students in the district deserve the best education.
“We need to have services available for all students at all grade levels, whether they’re special needs, gifted and talented, or somewhere in between,” said Burnsworth. “It’s getting more and more difficult to do, but Oneonta City Schools should be a competitive component to attracting more families Please See ELECTED, A7
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Oneonta High School student Sophia Wang shadowed her state senator, Jim Seward, R-Milford, May 23 at the state Capitol in Albany, part of the 14th annual Students Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Inside Albany conferJeff Shultis, Otego and Larry Harrison, Oneonta, arrived at the Southside ence sponsored by Dam late Monday morning, May 26, after an 8 a.m. launch in Cooperstown, the state League of arriving in Bainbridge seven and a half hours later. Women Voters’s Education Foundation. arry Harrison, West •Dave Knapp and John land, placed third in Open Oneonta and Jeff Harrison, both of Oneonta, Stock Aluminum EndurDr. Russo Receives Shultis, Otego, came placed second in the Men’s ance. Autism Study Grant in 15th of the Pro-Class Stock Endurance, with Steve •Jason MacDonald, Contenders in the 52nd AnHerrman, West Oneonta and Oneonta and Tom Cobbe, r. Anthony Russo, a nual General Clinton Canoe John Birdsall, Gilbertsville, Delhi, placed 14 in Open visiting professor in Regatta on Monday, May 26 placing fifth in the same Endurance Biology at Hartwick with a time of 7:33:55. category. •Kyle Breier, Oneonta College, has received a Other results include: •Ted La Monica, Oneonta placed fifth in the Open $5,520 grant from the Ausand Timothy Ashe, MaryUnder 50 C1-70 race. tism Research Institute to help him continue his studies in cooperative research with undergraduate students. The grant, which is Hartwick’s seventh from the foundation since 2011, will allow Russo to continue his study into the role of biomarkers in the etiology of autism.
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Oneonta’s surviving WWII veterans all sit together at Neahwa Park’s Memorial Walkway during Memorial Day commemorations. From left are George McHigh, Tony Mongillo, Sam Nader, Jim St. John, Fred Lewis, Phil Bresee, Jerry Shannon, Russ Southard Sr. and John Forman.
Mayor Dick Miller, a Vietnam veteran, welcomes attendees to the Monday, May 26, commemorations.
Above, Todd Louckes, Oneonta, right, thanks WWII veteran Jerry Shannon for his service.
Boy Scout Troop 23 wreath bearers from left: Jeremy Mires, Aaron Accordino, Levi laTourette, Dylan Sorensen and Bradley Morell. At right, The Color Guard: Len Carson, Beth Akulin, Dick Miller, Don Kelly and Bill Meade carry the flag down Main Street.
Members of Oneonta Brownie troop 30296 had stars in their eyes! They are, from front: Tiffany Gardner, Abbie Platt, Emily Morell, Annemarie Crotts, Kathleen Howard-Keller and Cassandra Dom.
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How Much Can We Expect From Obama, Or Any President?
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e was so perfect, President Obama almost could have been that Michael Jackson hologram that miraculously appeared at the Billboard Music Awards the other week. His suit so tailored, his shirt so starched, his tie so fresh, not a hair out of place. His diction precise, his timing so on, his manner relaxed, his introductory comments warm, local, mentioning Mayor Jeff Katz’s welcome, joking about blue jeans. Then the speech, just long enough to say what he wanted to say; not a second too long to allow any of the rapt 120 in the Hall of Plaques to lose interest. Then into the crowd. Not too deep. Maybe three rows. Broad smile. Great teeth. How many hands shaken – two dozen, 30, 33? Was there a precise number to optimize the impact? Then smile, wave, so long folks, out the door. And the 44th President of the United States was gone. • If, physically, President Obama was other-worldly – or, perhaps, not of this world… If the planning juggernaut was beyond the experience of the 1,820 human beings who live in Cooperstown… (The juggernaut descending, with highly trained cadres of mostly young men, their casual clothes just a little too pressed, their heads just a little too coiffed, each intensely trained in and focused on his specific mission, whether liaising with local police, or Bassett, or the Hall.) If the coming and going was a little too on point… (The president arrived at Griffiss at 2:30
President Obama’s appearance reached the same level of precision as the Michael Jackson hologram at the Billboard Music Awards. A portent of future presidential outings?
on Air Force One; a half-hour later Marine One dropped him at the Clark Sports Center’s soccer fields, and he was sped by motorcade along Susquehanna, Elm, Pioneer, Church, down the alley behind Templeton Hall to the service entrance. (After a quick review of key Hall memorabilia, a “push and pull” with key local players, speech, a little pressing-of-theflesh, he was out the door, back in the limo, and back on Air Force One by 4:30 en route to evening speech in Chicago.) …the same applies to the policy he expounded, the expressed purpose of the whirlwind trip. • It was tourism, untouched by human hands. Macro – $4,700 spent in the U.S. per international tourist; multiply it by say, one million by 2020, nice round numbers, and you have an almost-$5-trillion dent
in the trade imbalance – it makes a lot of sense. Micro, in America’s – and Otsego County’s – households, tourism mostly means minimum-wage jobs filled, until lately, anyhow, by teenagers on summer vacation. It isn’t going to take the non-One-Percent Nation where it needs to go. Think about it. The same dynamic is evident throughout the Administration. Bail out Wall Street and the Big Banks, leave Main Street and individual homeowners twisting slowly, slowly, six years after the crash (as recounted again in Tim Geithner’s “Stress Test”). Healthcare reform: The insurance companies were taken care of; patients are left with a jerry-rigged patchwork quilt that, while better than what it replaced, simply doesn’t sufficiently serve. And so on.
• In advance of President Obama’s visit, 40 of our readers sent letters, asking for his intercession on issues ranging from fracking to rural poverty. But seeing the juggernaut that is the presidency close up, you have to wonder how much any presidency can be penetrated by individual pleas from a farmer plowing a field in Roseboom or a worker on an assembly line in Oneonta. Or even by the top executive of a local insurance company or chairman of a local school board. Are we simply sending prayers to a distant something, well-meaning perhaps, but so far removed from our daily concerns as to be no more able to hear us than the Leatherstocking on the obelisk in Cooperstown’s Lakewood Cemetery? Otsego County, in business and government, has adopted the strategy of taking our local fate in to local hands, not waiting for someone to solve our problems, but identifying opportunity and pursuing it. Reflecting on the president’s visit, it’s the only way. President Obama is a supremely impressive guy; the mechanism that brought him here and took him away was massive and, as far as anyone could tell, efficient. Still, let’s not wait for salvation from above, but pursue it as we may from the platform of our daily lives. Tourism, of course, is a big part of that around here, and turning an seasonal industry into a year ’round one – summers, of course; leaf-peeping in the fall, cross-country skiing, ice-fishing and cozying up to the fire in the winter, bicycling in the spring – will help turn at least some of those parttime, minimum-wage jobs into careers.
‘Ladies And Gentlemen Of Otsego County, The President Of The United States’ Editor’s Note: Here are excerpts of President Obama’s remarks Thursday, May 22, in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Hall of Plaques. 3:50 P.M. EDT
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hank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. There must be some White Sox fans here somewhere. (Laughter.) It is great to be here in Cooperstown. And I have to say that in addition to just wonderful people, those of you all across America and around the world who have not been here, this is a gorgeous place. We came in by helicopter and had a chance to see the landscape and it looks like a spectacular place to spend a few days, a week – however long you want to stay. I’ll bet people will be happy to have you. And although he is not here yet, I want to acknowledge the Governor of New York. He had a conflict and he’s on his way up. But he is really focused on jobs in Upstate New York – your Governor, Andrew Cuomo. I want to thank your Mayor, Jeff Katz, for having me,
and his great hospitality, and everybody who was involved in arranging the visit. We’ve also got, by the way, our Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Ali Mayorkas, who is here. And he’s important because he’s helping bring travelers to America. (Applause.) It is a great honor to be the first sitting President ever to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Applause.) The timing could not be better. First off, summer marks the 75th anniversary of the Hall of Fame. I also promised Frank Thomas I’d check the place out before he’s inducted in July. (Laughter.) And I’m so glad I did. Obviously I didn’t have a chance to roam around as long as I wanted, but thanks to the wonderful hospitality here, I saw the ball that
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William Howard Taft threw at the first-ever presidential opening day pitch. I saw the “White Sox locker” of memorabilia, and got to bask in the glory of the 2005 World Series win. (Applause.) Yes! At the Hall’s request, I contributed something of my own, which was the jacket I wore when I threw out the first pitch at the 2009 All-Star Game. I hear that with all the media attention about it, there was also some interest in the jeans I wore that night. (Laughter.) But Michelle retired those jeans quite a while back. (Laughter.) So I love baseball; America loves baseball. It continues to be our national pastime. And for any base-
ball fan out there, you’ve got to make a trip here. But as much as I’d love to talk baseball all day – and with a Chicago legend, Andre Dawson, the “Hawk,” here today, it’s hard not to want to talk baseball all day long – I’m actually here to talk about jobs – good, middleclass jobs. And believe it or not, places like this institution, the Hall of Fame, have something to do with jobs and economic growth. It’s been about five and a half years since the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes hit. And thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, we’ve been steadily fighting our way back. Over the last four years, our businesses have created 9.2 million
new jobs. We had an auto industry that was flat-lining; it’s come roaring back. A manufacturing sector that had lost about one-third of its jobs in the last decade is now adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. And rather than create jobs in other countries, more and more companies are recognizing that it makes sense to invest right here in America. We’ve got great workers. We’ve got the largest market in the world. We’ve got a whole bunch of stuff going for us and we’re starting to see insourcing rather than outsourcing of jobs. So we’ve made progress, but here’s the thing – too many Americans out there are still working harder than ever and can’t seem to get
ahead. And so we have to do more to spur growth and economic development, and create more jobs that pay a good wage. ...Today, I’m here in Cooperstown to talk about some new steps that will lead to more tourism not just within America but getting more folks to come and visit the treasures, the national treasures that we have all across this country, including the Baseball Hall of Fame right here in Cooperstown – because tourism translates into jobs and it translates into economic growth. When visitors come here, they don’t just check out the Hall. They rent cars; they stay in hotels; they eat at Please See SPEECH, A6
LETTERS
Postal Carriers Collect $1.2M Pounds For Needy To the Editor: Postal letter carriers and their fellow postal employees shouldered a mighty load on Saturday, May 10, as this year’s Annual Letter Carrier Food Drive broke another record for collections. Across the Albany District of the Postal Service, which includes our post office, mailboxes bulged with cans, bags and boxes of much needed food items. Your generous donations, combined with those from neighbors around the region, totaled 1,162,563 pounds. This marks the second year in a row that we provided more than one million pounds of food contributions to pantries, shelters and food banks from the Southern Tier to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, from the Capital Region down the Thruway deep into the Finger Lakes. As always, the greatest priority of the Carrier Food Drive is to put food on the table in the same communities where the food is collected. Here in Oneonta we were able to return 7,598 of pounds to The Salvation Army Food Bank, Catholic Charities, and The Lord’s Table at St. James Episcopal Church. We have come to your mailbox for 22 years on behalf of the Letter Carrier Food Drive and your participation continues to be first class service to our neighbors in need. On behalf of the Postal Service, please accept our personal thanks. SANDY BOLLINGER Oneonta Post Office
Next Year, Honor Enlistees In Oneonta To the Editor: I had the honor of taking a small part in the “Our Community Salutes of Central New York” ceremony at the General Herkimer Homestead May 17, Armed Forces Day. This fairly new organization recognizes high school seniors who are enlisting in our Armed Forces. It is a humbling event and well worth attending. Proud parents abound, along with members of the military in their very sharp class A uniforms (some in their “combat” fatigues), vet-
erans, the Patriot Guard motorcycle riders, and many more. Next year’s event will be May 16 at Damaschke Field in Oneonta. We would hope you would set this date aside to attend. We would be proud to stand beside you and honor these wonderful young men and women who are about to start one of the biggest adventures of their lives, in honorable service to their country, the United States of America. BILL GLOCKER Middlefield
A Great Day; The Mayor Even Wore A Tie To the Editor: It was a great day for Cooperstown when President Obama came to town to help celebrate the third anniversary of the frack ban. What a tribute to the Ban Movement. Goldman Prize winner Helen Slottje was on hand to speak at the rally. Everyone in the Village did their best to help make it a success. The mayor even wore a tie.
What impressed me most was the professionalism of the village crews, particularly the police, who handled the big event with professionalism, efficiency and courtesy. As if they were used to dealing with crowds and high-maintenance celebrities all the time. Bravo Cooperstown. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
100 Years Ago
Mayor John P. Mitchel of New York City and Chief Engineer J. Waldo Smith of the New York Board of Water Supply, with several engineers, were in Prattsville and vicinity last week inspecting the Schoharie Valley watershed and considering plans for the construction of a second giant dam and reservoir to be built as an adjunct to the great reservoir now being completed at Ashokan on the Ulster and Delaware railroad. The new dam will be constructed just above Prattsville. The Ashokan district does not produce enough water to fill the present immense reservoir. The new proposed reservoir will contain nearly a hundred billion gallons of water, and will be connected with the Ashokan reservoir by a tunnel ten miles long cut straight through the mountain. May 1914
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state. “Women have proved they have a definite stability,” she said. “They have very sound thinking. And they are less apt to become captured in political expediency.” May 1954
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80 Years Ago
When goods are scarce there is no need to exert any effort in selling them, for the buyer seeks out the seller. It is only necessary for the vendor to post information as to his whereabouts, the nature of his merchandise, and its price. But things are different now. We have power plants, laboratories, and factories, capable of turning out a vastly greater amount of desirable goods than we have ever actually used. And we could all use more than we have ever had. The problem now is not how to make more things but how to distribute those we make. There are two necessary elements for bringing about faster distribution. The first is persuasion to bring people to the market place to buy more of those products that will bring them satisfaction. The second is the return to the same people of the income arising from increased production, in a constant flow of wages and dividends. These two essential factors must go hand in hand – salesmanship and buying power. May 1934
60 Years Ago
Oneonta yesterday celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Republican Party, and the first birthday of Oneonta’s new Women’s GOP Club with a call for more women and honesty in politics. “More women should be given the opportunity to seek public office, and more women should accept these
May 1889 opportunities,” said Miss Ruth M. Miner, executive deputy to the NYS Secretary of State, Thomas J. Curran. Miner is one of the highest of political office holders in the
Ross McClelland, a retired U.S. Ambassador, told a Memorial Day gathering at Morris that Americans should “dedicate ourselves to a return to the best of American traditions.” “We have an enviable tradition of rectitude, self-reliance and resourceful ness.” McClelland was U.S. Ambassador to Niger from 1970 to 1973. McClelland now resides on a farm near New Lisbon. McClelland urged a crowd of several hundred Memorial Day parade participants and onlookers to fashion a better, more meaningful society worthy of the men who have died in this nation’s wars. McClelland contrasted the $100 billion spent annually on defense to the less than one percent of that spent for U.S. State Department operations and programs. “Can’t we devote just 10 percent (of the defense spending) to efforts toward peace,” he asked, noting that the expenditure would go far in heading off conflicts around the world. “If such an effort succeeded in heading off even one small war, it would be worth the price,” he said. McClelland noted that life in America is infinitely better than in any other part of the world, I’ve been in. But, he criticized Americans as having an “almost obsessive preoccupation with material consumption.” “At a time when we’re beginning to learn our earth’s resources are limited, this is disturbing,” he said. McClelland warned that Americans should not fall into a pattern where “we cannot do without.” May 1974
30 Years Ago
Delaware & Hudson rails were cleared
Sunday morning after a derailment Saturday blocked train traffic between Maryland and Schenevus. Three crewmen sustained minor injuries and 1,000 feet of track were torn up when the last 11 cars of the 112-car train jumped the track and derailed at Chaseville Crossing in the Town of Maryland at 12:05 p.m. Saturday. Rolland F. McKeeby, 64, David H. Link, 50, and Purley Taylor, 62, were riding in the caboose which flipped over on its side and stopped on the shoulder of the track at the top of an embankment. The last 31 cars of the train suddenly went into emergency braking and the last 11 then jumped the track. The caboose lost wheels before turning over and an empty oil tanker just ahead of the caboose rolled down an embankment. The accident is believed to have been caused by faulty coupling. May 1984
20 Years Ago
Major Joseph F. Loszynski said that slain state police investigator Ricky J. Parisian will have his name inscribed on the bronze plaque at Troop C headquarters honoring members who have died in the line of duty. Although Parisian was assigned to the White Plains special investigations unit at the time of his death, Parisian, who began his law enforcement career as an Oneonta patrolman, was also initially stationed with Troop C. Parisian’s inscription will join the names of twelve other troopers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. May 1994
10 Years Ago
The Green Earth’s promised move is finally happening. The health food store in Oneonta is moving from 7 Elm Street to 4 Market Street this weekend according to store manager Annie Avery. “It’s a bigger store, and it’s a beauteous building,” Avery said Tuesday. “We’re excited about being in a new building.” The Green Earth’s selections will expand once the move is complete. “We’re probably going to have a working kitchen,” she said. “The idea of food service is in our minds.” Green Earth plans to carry a better selection of produce and frozen local meat. The deli and juice bar will remain. “It’ll be more roomy,” Avery said. The store will open in its new location on Tuesday after Memorial Day. May 2004
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Tourism Helps Trade Balance, Obama Tells Local Audience SPEECH/From A4 restaurants. And that means for Upstate New York, the Baseball Hall of Fame is a powerful economic engine. Last year alone, travel and tourism were responsible for $1.5 trillion in economic activity across the country. Think about that – $1.5 trillion supporting nearly 8 million jobs in communities like this one. And when tourists come from other countries and spend money here, that’s actually considered a type of export. We don’t always think about it that way, but we should. Nothing says “Made in America” better than the Empire State Building or the Hoover Dam. Folks who work at restaurants and hotels that serve fans in Cooperstown have the kinds of jobs that can’t be offshored. And obviously it’s tough to ship the Rocky Mountains or the Grand Canyon overseas. You can’t do it. When it comes to tourism, the good news is we’ve got a great product to sell. People want to come here. I was reminded of that yesterday. I took a walk from the White House to the Department of the Interior building. Keep in mind, I don’t get a chance to take walks very often. (Laughter.) Secret Service gets a little stressed. But every once in a while I’m able to sneak off. I’m sort of like the circus bear that kind of breaks the chain, and I start taking off, and everybody starts whispering, the bear is loose! (Laughter.) So I got out, take a walk – it was a beautiful day. And even though I went for several blocks – it was probably about a 10-minute walk – in that little span of time, I met tourists from Germany, and Israel, and Brazil, and China, and Ukraine on the National Mall. The fact that people come from all over the world to see our parks, to see our monuments, is something we should take great pride in as Americans. And it’s good for our economy. So just like we’re helping
our businesses to sell more goods made in America in markets all across the world, we’re spending a lot of time and focus trying to make it easier for folks from around the world to come see America and spend money here. Four years ago, I signed a law that set up a nonprofit organization with one mission, and that is to pitch America as a travel destination. And two years ago, I went down to Disney World to announce new action to make it simpler for travelers to visit America, without compromising security at our borders. And those efforts are paying off. Since its low point after the recession, our travel and tourism industry has added nearly 580,000 new jobs. Last year, a record 70 million tourists visited America from other countries – more than the populations of Texas, Florida, and New York combined. And they spent their money here. No country on Earth earns more money from international tourism than we do. And the growth of international tourism created about 175,000 new jobs over the last five years, and helped drive American exports to an all-time high. So we’re making great strides in welcoming more visitors to America in places like Cooperstown, but we can do even better. I want to turn the 70 million tourists that came last year into 100 million each year by the beginning of the next decade. (Applause.) And meeting that goal is going to help create jobs here in New York. And that’s why, earlier today, I took new actions to meet that goal. I met with several CEOs of travel and tourism companies, and building on the progress that we’ve made, I directed my administration to work with airports, airlines, hotel groups, states, and cities to do more to improve the traveler experience, and reduce wait times for folks entering into the United States, all without compro-
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mising our security. We have some folks here today who are already showing us what’s possible. Scott Donohue is the CEO of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Where’s Scott? There he is, right here. We’ve got, from my own hometown, Rosie Andolino, the Aviation Commissioner from Chicago. Rosie is right there. The two of them are responsible for two of the busiest airports in America. But the average wait times through customs and passport control at DFW and O’Hare has fallen to just 15 minutes. You get off your plane, it’s takes you 15 minutes to get through if you’re an international traveler. And that is a big deal. If folks spend less time at the airport, they’re more likely to come back for a return trip. And when they go back home they tell their friends, you know what, America was there to greet us. And I’ve made it clear that national security remains our top priority, and that’s not going to change. But there’s no reason we can’t replicate the success stories of places like Dallas and Chicago all around the country. We can automate passport controls. We can bring in top talent from the private sector to find best practices to help move lines faster. We can add new staff at customs. We want to bring in more visitors faster and more jobs faster. If they come into JFK faster, they come into La Guardia faster, then they can get to Cooperstown faster. (Applause.) And they can start seeing Joe DiMaggio’s glove faster. They can see
Babe Ruth’s bat faster. (Applause.) So creating good jobs isn’t always easy. But standing here and looking back on more than 150 years of our country’s history, baseball describes our history in so many ways. We’re reminded of all the obstacles that we’ve overcome to get there. This Hall has memories of two world wars that we fought and won. It has memories of color barriers being broken; Jackie Robinson’s uniform, the record of his first season as a Dodger. It shows us the history of communities that we built across a new continent and the ways that we connected with our country and our world, and how women athletes started
getting the recognition that they deserved. So we’ve faced challenges before, but we don’t respond with cynicism and we can’t respond with gridlock. Every generation faces tough times. But, in the words attributed to the great Yogi Berra, they’re just “déjà vu all over again.” (Laughter.) We know we are up to these challenges. And just as our parents and our grandparents faced challenges a lot tougher than the ones we face, and just as they went ahead and built an economy where hard work was rewarded and responsibility was rewarded, and opportunity was open to all people, we can do the same. They passed those values on down through the generations. They
passed them down to us. And when you come to the Baseball Hall of Fame, part of what you’re learning is that there is some eternal, timeless values of grit and determination and hard work and community, and not giving up, and working hard. Those are American values – just like baseball. And there’s no reason we can’t do the same. That’s what I’m going to be working on as long as I’m President of the United States. I’m going to be fighting to make sure that those values live out in better jobs, higher wages, stronger economy, stronger communities. And I hope you’ll join me. Thank you, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. (Applause.) END 4:06 P.M. EDT
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TOURISM/From A1 VP/Development Ken Meifert, who is also Destination Marketing vice chairman, said, “The stadium looks pretty full to me – it’s good.” That was two days after Obama, after a week of high anticipation in Baseball’s Mecca, appeared in the Hall of Plaques and declared, “When it comes to tourism, the good news is we’ve got a great product to sell. People want to come here.” The Cooperstown visit – he arrived a little after 3 p.m. Thursday, May 22, on Marine One, the presidential helicopter, and departed shortly after 4 p.m. – was the public centerpiece of two days of lining up support for Brand USA and the National Tourism Strategy. The president is arguing that $5 billion in tourism dollars from overseas – the goal by 2020 – will help the nation’s trade deficit. In that light, the president is saying, tourism is an export. Be that as it may, the president’s nationally televised speech, plus photos of Obama in the Hall on the front pages of almost every newspaper in the state, was paying immediate dividends. “It was an incredible forum to explain everything we had to offer,” said Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, who said the crowd along Main Street during the Hall’s Classic Parade on Saturday, May 24, was significantly larger than he remembered it in the past. Leading up to the president’s visit, he did “a ton of interviews” – perhaps as many as 16 with a range of media outlets – and it was “an incredible forum to explain everything we have to offer” – Glimmerglass Festival, The Farmers’ and Fenimore museums, the Hyde Hall National Landmark mansion, Brewery Ommegang. Vinnie Russo, proprietor of Mickey’s Place and the dean of the downtown merchants, said Mickey’s business Friday and Saturday after Obama’s visit was up 10.45 percent over the same day’s last Memorial Day. At his Hey, Getcha Hot Dog, around
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the corner, business was up by 60 percent, but Russo pointed out it’s a newer business with a smaller base. “I’m optimistic about the summer,” he continued, “largely because of the ‘I♥NY’ campaign,” a reference to the TV spot featuring Joe Torre and a father and son who visit Coopertown together. Meifert also cited the Joe Torre spot, saying the “I♥NY” effort, which include rack cards and billboards on MTA buses and subway stations in New York City, is reasserting “that Cooperstown is a national treasure.” To make things even better, the “I♥NY” summer guide has just been published, and features the Hall of Fame on the cover. While “Cooperstown” may be on many lips – “Coopertown really shone in the past week, in every imaginable way,” Katz said – Camarata was no less encouraged. She’s finding that tourists like to stay in Oneonta, foraying into Cooperstown, but returning in the evening for the four national-brand hotels, branded shopping on Southside, and unique shops downtown. In particular, the farm-to-table restaurants – the Red Caboose, The Autumn Cafe and Toscana’s, an Oneonta version of the one on Main Street, Coopertown – are part of the mix.
Burnsworth, Butterman Eager To Start On Board ELECTED/From A1 into our communities.” For Butterman, who majored in music performance at the University of Arizona, that means encouraging extra-curricular activities that too often are the first programs to be cut when budgets get tight. “The educational experience goes beyond the classroom,” he said. “It’s sports, art, music – these things need to be balanced well to supplement the education they receive in the classroom. These personal interests will help in their careers.” In the election on Tuesday, May 20, Burnsworth, an Oneonta native, led the polls with 472 post. Butterman wasn’t far behind, with 444. They join incumbent Darren Gaisford, who took 414. Burnsworth’s husband, David, teaches middle school social studies at Unadilla Valley and their children, Avery and Owen, attend the Oneonta Middle School and Greater Plains, respectively. “It’s important that our teachers feel supported and valued in their work,” she said. “And I want to make sure they’re not overworked.” In addition to her role as a parent and spouse, Burnsworth brings to the board experiences in multiple fields, including sitting on the boards of United Way
and the Ricky Parisian scholarship foundation, as well as her work at Time Warner in media sales. “I can approach decisions from multiple perspectives,” she said. “There’s never going to be a decision that’s perfect for all parties, but there is always a solution that’s thoughtful for all involved.” And Butterman, a father of two with another on the way, was inspired by his children to pursue the open vacancy. As daughter Melena prepares to enter kindergarten in the fall, he said, “I want to be an active participant in my child’s education.” For Burnsworth, it was the 2012 closing of Center Street School that inspired her to mount a campaign. “When the seat became open, I went for it,” she said. With less and less coming in from state aid, Burnsworth addressed that finances are a “linchpin issue,” but while tightening their belts, the school needs to continue to offer a variety of extracurricular and educational prospects. Butterman agrees that it’s the kids who suffer most. “Our tax dollars need to be spent on getting the best education for all kids,” he said. “Not just mine,” he said. They were sworn in on Wednesday, May 21, tobegin their duties in July.
SCOURGE/From A1 comprehensive approach to deal with this.” In an interview, Seward called the approach “three pronged.” “Taken collectively, these measures will reinforce and build on current education, prevention and law enforcement efforts,” he said. “And save lives.” Seward, who chairs the Insurance Committee, is particularly interested in a bill he’s introducing with Kemp Hannon, R-Garden City, who chairs the Health Committee, to help ensure insurance coverage is available for in-patient treatment when appropriate. “We want to make sure the decisions on appropriate treatment for addiction are made by trained professionals in addiction, not just insurance company staff,” said the senator. Senate Bill 7662 would ensure that, if a patient appeals a decision to end in-patient treatment, coverage would continue while the appeal is being decided. “These are very, very common complaints that we’ve heard,” Seward said. He is also particularly supportive of strong school two years later. That’s three. drug-prevention programs, In 1996 in Chicago, he “age-appropriate information again saw Clinton nominat- on drug use, beginning at a ed (to run against Republiyoung age,” and of “takecan Bob Dole.) In 2000, he back events” that would again saw George W.; this encourage parents to discard time he was nominated and no-longer-needed pain mediwent to squeak past Democation that, left in the home, crat Al Gore. And, in 2004, might be picked up by the George W. was nominated children. again, in New York. Beyond this package, Along the way, he also Seward said he plans to met two former presidents. introduce a bill suggested Gerald Ford, at the 1992 by Jeanette Tolson, execuconvention, who was “very tive director of FORDO, the elderly” and wheelchair Friends of Recovery of bound, but cordial as alDelaware & Otsego Counways. That’s four. ties, to create a tax credit for Fifth was Jimmy Carter, employers willing to hire who autographed a Carter individuals who have gone Peanut Warehouse bag from through the drug court and Plains, Ga., that Chuck had similar programs to beat the bought a few years before. habit.
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MANY/From A1 and four Democratic, in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, for the Central New York Radio Group. Those assignments took him to Houston, San Diego, Philadelphia, Madison Square Garden (twice), Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles and, along the way, he met four sitting or future presidents. In 1992, it was sitting president George H.W. Bush, who would be unseated by the upstart governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton. That’s two. Also at that convention – in Houston – he met 41’s son, George W., who would be elected Texas governor
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MLS#93418 $180,000 Close to both Oneonta colleges, this 5-BR, 2-bath 1-level ranch is nicely landscaped. Call Suzanne A. Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/710456
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MLS#93680 $112,000 Incredible Price! Outrageous Catskill views! Below assessed value. 3 BR cedar-sided ranch. Don’t wait! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.delawarecountryliving.com
Peace and quiet but convenient to everything! Attractive Colonial w/1.75-acre double lot is located on a dead-end street. Covered patio leads to heated in-ground pool w/deck and entertaining area, flower gardens and firepit. 4 BRs, 2½ baths, master BR w/private bath and large closet. Kitchen has cherry cabinets, Corian countertops and SS appliances. Family room w/wood-burning fireplace, skylights and sliders leading to patio and pool. Formal DR w/pocket doors leading to LR w/bay window. Partially finished basement, attached 2-car garage. $259,900 MLS#94204
MLS#93140 $219,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) MLS#94484 $78,500 Sidney Village, out of flood zone! 3 BRs, 1½ baths , family room, fenced backyard. Cooperstown home. Seller pays closing Call Suzanne Village A. Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)costs (up to $3,000 w/acceptable offer). Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/719570
$189,500 MLS#94094 Lizabeth Rose
Nice Oneonta Home!
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This renovated home sits overlooking The City of the Hills and the Susquehanna Valley. Major new addition completed in 2006 w/wonderful large Thermopane windows to enjoy the great views year-round. Vaulted ceiling in open LR and DR w/solid oak floors. Modern raised-panel kitchen cabinets and new top-of-the-line appliances. 2 BRs on main level, full bath w/jetted tub and ceramic tile floor. Second floor offers 2nd full bath and 2 BRs,which could serve a number of other uses, and easy access to the exterior. Landscaping w/many perennial gardens and plantings in tiered beds. Multi-level decks to entertain friends. Priced to sell!
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Cooperstown Village Value
(7844) Completely remodeled home on a tranquil street features 3 BRs, 2 baths, large LR w/fireplace and built-in bookcases, eat-in kitchen w/cherry cabinets, enclosed porch, large yard, updated electric and plumbing. So easy to love, so easy to live in! Hubbell’s Exclusive—$239,000
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Cooperstown Village
(7395) Exceptional 5 BR, 3+ bath countryside home on a serene street. Spacious layout w/family room, den, large LR, 2 fireplaces. Center entry, oak flooring, ceramic tile baths. Granite countertop, breakfast nook, formal DR w/fireplace. Large deck, barn. Colonial comfort and style! 4 miles from Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$359,000
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(7836) Welcoming 4 BR, 2 bath home w/deck, large yard, new hardwood flooring and new carpeting. Newer eat-in kitchen and laundry. Spacious LR, formal DR, family room w/woodstove, first floor master suite. Garage, front porch. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$309,900
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Great location across from elementary school! Currently this home has 3 apts: 2 efficiencies w/kitchen and eating area, 1 of these has BR/LR combo w/ futon, 1 has rear deck. Second floor apt has large LR w/skylights, large eat-in kitchen, and 2 BRs. All are in excellent condition. House could be converted back to 1-family home. Current owner pays for oil and electric. Attractive property is well maintained. Insulated attic and blown-in insulation in side walls. Main roof recently replaced. Paved parking area and room for apt parking. Call for an appointment!
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